OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Columbus to Houston

1,000 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%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 Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights245

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline10%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft62%
  • Security2%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline53%
  • Weather47%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 15 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 → HOU

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

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 · 187 flights · limited
  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 469 flights
  • Evenings77% on time · p90 35 min · 190 flights · limited
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 45 min · 215 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 88% on time.

  • Tuesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Thursdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 155 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Fridays83% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 25 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 30 min · 172 flights · limited
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 121 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.