Historical on-time performance
Houston to Columbus
1,000 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on HOU–CMH arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 246 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9050 minCancel0.0%Flights246
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline40%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)17%
- Late aircraft38%
- 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 HOU → CMH
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 59% to 80% on time.
- Middays80% on time · p90 20 min · 192 flights · limited
- Evenings72% on time · p90 65 min · 274 flights
- Afternoons71% on time · p90 40 min · 553 flights
- Overnights59% on time · p90 75 min · 54 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 77% on time.
- Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 157 flights · limited
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 120 flights · limited
- Fridays71% on time · p90 40 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays69% on time · p90 40 min · 154 flights · limited
- Sundays65% on time · p90 60 min · 172 flights · limited
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