OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

972 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CMH–FLL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights

based on 892 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights369
  • Spirit Airlinesbest
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights523

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline20%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)34%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly CMH → FLL

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,429 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 635 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 65 min · 234 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 70 min · 505 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 90 min · 290 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 80% on time.

  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 357 flights
  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 376 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 434 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 434 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 35 min · 428 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 65 min · 566 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 498 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.