Historical on-time performance
Fort Lauderdale to Columbus
973 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on FLL–CMH arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights
based on 894 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time67%Medianon timep9060 minCancel0.8%Flights369
- Spirit AirlinesbestOn-time77%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.4%Flights525
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)27%
- Late aircraft40%
- Security1%
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 FLL → CMH
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 437 flights
- Middays73% on time · p90 50 min · 855 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 60 min · 618 flights
- Evenings64% on time · p90 60 min · 698 flights
- Overnights61% on time · p90 90 min · 488 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 80% on time.
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 372 flights
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 360 flights
- Saturdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 565 flights
- Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 435 flights
- Fridays67% on time · p90 55 min · 430 flights
- Mondays66% on time · p90 60 min · 434 flights
- Sundays63% on time · p90 85 min · 500 flights
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