OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Columbus

483 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–CMH arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.8%of scheduled flights

based on 1,666 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel3.8%
    Flights1,666

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline30%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline16%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)51%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 63 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 JFK → CMH

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 89% on time.

  • Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 572 flights
  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,428 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 45 min · 2,069 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 55 min · 353 flights
  • Overnights71% on time · p90 70 min · 949 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 84% on time.

  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 765 flights
  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 769 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 25 min · 769 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 765 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 770 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 763 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 45 min · 770 flights

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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.