OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Minneapolis to Columbus

626 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 727 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights149
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights578

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline66%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft17%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline75%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 8 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 MSP → 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 74% to 86% on time.

  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 726 flights
  • Mornings86% on time · p90 25 min · 830 flights
  • Evenings85% on time · p90 30 min · 216 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 50 min · 558 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 55 min · 831 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 459 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 463 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 35 min · 473 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 40 min · 464 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 462 flights
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 372 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 468 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.