OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Seattle to Columbus

2,016 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SEA–CMH arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 368 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time67%
    Median5 min
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights368

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline37%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)31%
  • Late aircraft32%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SEA → CMH

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Afternoons are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 92% on time.

  • Afternoons92% on time · p90 10 min · 66 flights · limited
  • Mornings79% on time · p90 30 min · 222 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 30 min · 755 flights
  • Overnights70% on time · p90 30 min · 351 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 167 flights · limited
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 212 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 199 flights · limited
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 30 min · 215 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 30 min · 178 flights · limited
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 30 min · 211 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 30 min · 212 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.