OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Phoenix to Columbus

1,671 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHX–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)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 1,183 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlinesbest
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights608
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time66%
    Median5 min
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights575

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline30%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft59%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline18%
  • Weather82%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 11 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 PHX → 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 68% to 80% on time.

  • Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,011 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 348 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 55 min · 945 flights
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 60 min · 1,006 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 81% on time.

  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 511 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 400 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 402 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 60 min · 497 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 495 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 50 min · 506 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 45 min · 515 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.