OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Austin to Columbus

1,073 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on AUS–CMH arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 250 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights250

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline25%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline63%
  • Weather38%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 8 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly AUS → CMH

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 10 min · 214 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 25 min · 361 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 40 min · 423 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 86% on time.

  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 25 min · 155 flights · limited
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 35 min · 164 flights · limited
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 50 min · 170 flights · limited
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 30 min · 119 flights · limited

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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.