OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Columbus

640 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,915 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,915

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft54%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline16%
  • Weather49%
  • Air traffic (NAS)36%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 45 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 BOS → 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 — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 1,947 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 800 flights
  • Afternoons81% on time · p90 40 min · 1,138 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,553 flights
  • Overnights65% on time · p90 70 min · 124 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 86% on time.

  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 513 flights
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 844 flights
  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 834 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 847 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 40 min · 808 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 40 min · 857 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 55 min · 859 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.