OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Columbus to Boston

640 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CMH–BOS arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,918 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights1,918

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline22%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)51%
  • Late aircraft24%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline19%
  • Weather45%
  • Air traffic (NAS)36%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 42 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 CMH → BOS

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 10 min · 1,940 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,816 flights
  • Overnights79% on time · p90 50 min · 227 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 70 min · 961 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 85 min · 623 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 87% on time.

  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 513 flights
  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 837 flights
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 842 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 850 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 45 min · 809 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 50 min · 859 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 45 min · 857 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.