OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Columbus

446 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–CMH arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 3,185 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights2,671
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights453
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time61%
    Median5 min
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights61

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline45%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft34%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → CMH

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 1,868 flights
  • Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,258 flights
  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 30 min · 1,515 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,701 flights
  • Overnights75% on time · p90 45 min · 2,073 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 87% on time.

  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,298 flights
  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 1,314 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,412 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,101 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,457 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 35 min · 1,447 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 40 min · 1,386 flights
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.