Historical on-time performance
Los Angeles to Columbus
1,996 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LAX–CMH arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights
based on 183 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time81%Medianon timep9045 minCancel1.1%Flights183
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline40%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft52%
- Security0%
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 LAX → 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 85% to 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 25 min · 784 flights
- Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 170 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 88% on time.
- Thursdays88% on time · p90 30 min · 161 flights · limited
- Sundays87% on time · p90 25 min · 159 flights · limited
- Wednesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 116 flights · limited
- Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 118 flights · limited
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 130 flights · limited
- Fridays85% on time · p90 15 min · 153 flights · limited
- Mondays82% on time · p90 40 min · 150 flights · limited
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