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Airport month · August 2023
John Glenn Columbus International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,744 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 7.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 78.9% of the time (3,744 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 83.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
- Cancelled 1.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.7% | — | 79.6% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 83.4% | — | 79.0% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.4% | — | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.0 min | — | 15.0 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 125 | — | 123 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,744 | — | 44,711 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 1,085 | 29% | 90.7% | -10.5 min | 1.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,003 | 27% | 81.5% | 2.8 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 382 | 10% | 78.3% | 14.9 min | 1.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 282 | 8% | 86.5% | 1.1 min | 1.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 269 | 7% | 76.2% | 9.1 min | 1.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 261 | 7% | 78.5% | 14.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 136 | 4% | 73.5% | 15.0 min | 0.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 101 | 3% | 86.1% | 6.2 min | 1.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 98 | 3% | 83.7% | -2.5 min | 2.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 2% | 83.9% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 39 | 1% | 74.4% | 6.1 min | 10.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 26 | 1% | 73.1% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 299 | 82.6% | 3.8 min | 1.3% |
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 297 | 90.6% | -10.7 min | 2.0% |
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 260 | 75.0% | 15.3 min | 1.9% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 186 | 78.0% | 15.1 min | 2.2% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 186 | 94.1% | -16.9 min | 1.6% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 186 | 89.2% | -11.2 min | 1.1% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 171 | 85.4% | -2.0 min | 2.9% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 160 | 83.1% | 3.8 min | 1.3% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 154 | 73.4% | 17.2 min | 3.2% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 150 | 78.7% | 5.4 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–MDW | Columbus to Chicago | 147 | 84.4% | 3.7 min | 1.4% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 139 | 83.5% | 0.7 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in August 2023?
83.7% of 3,744 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CMH · methodology · corrections.