OnTimeStats

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 Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.1%
    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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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.