OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Columbus to San Francisco

2,120 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CMH–SFO arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights

based on 251 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlines
    On-time63%
    Median5 min
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights251

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline49%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft29%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly CMH → SFO

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 55% to 71% on time.

  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 65 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Mornings68% on time · p90 60 min · 412 flights
  • Evenings55% on time · p90 75 min · 335 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 59% to 71% on time.

  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 133 flights · limited
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 65 min · 128 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays67% on time · p90 60 min · 135 flights · limited
  • Fridays63% on time · p90 60 min · 134 flights · limited
  • Thursdays61% on time · p90 105 min · 133 flights · limited
  • Mondays61% on time · p90 55 min · 135 flights · limited
  • Sundays59% on time · p90 70 min · 140 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.