Historical on-time performance
Columbus to Houston
1,001 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on CMH–HOU arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 245 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time87%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.4%Flights245
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline23%
- Weather14%
- Air traffic (NAS)15%
- Late aircraft49%
- 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 → HOU
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 71% to 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 155 flights · limited
- Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 558 flights
- Evenings79% on time · p90 30 min · 140 flights · limited
- Afternoons71% on time · p90 45 min · 220 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 88% on time.
- Tuesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Mondays87% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 154 flights · limited
- Fridays83% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
- Sundays76% on time · p90 40 min · 172 flights · limited
- Saturdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 125 flights · limited
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