OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Tampa to Columbus

829 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on TPA–CMH arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 901 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights901

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline17%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft66%
  • 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 TPA → CMH

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 94% on time.

  • Mornings94% on time · p90 on time · 1,086 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 40 min · 290 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 55 min · 583 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 50 min · 248 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 85 min · 467 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 10 min · 316 flights
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 30 min · 386 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 323 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 508 flights
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 348 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 40 min · 383 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 55 min · 410 flights
Advertisement

Keep exploring

Related pages

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.