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Airport month · September 2023
John Glenn Columbus International in September 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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,485 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 79.6% of the time (3,483 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and air carrier 30%.
- On time 83.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.2% | — | 79.6% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 83.8% | — | 79.0% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | — | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.4 min | — | 15.0 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 116 | — | 123 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,485 | — | 44,711 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 926 | 27% | 85.4% | 0.7 min | 0.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 924 | 27% | 81.8% | 0.3 min | 5.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 385 | 11% | 82.9% | 12.0 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 280 | 8% | 83.2% | 1.6 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 278 | 8% | 82.7% | 3.5 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 253 | 7% | 92.9% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 164 | 5% | 76.8% | 14.4 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 88 | 3% | 83.0% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 82 | 2% | 86.6% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 60 | 2% | 90.0% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 28 | 1% | 71.4% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 17 | 0% | 76.5% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 273 | 78.8% | 6.1 min | 8.4% |
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 260 | 91.9% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 259 | 86.1% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 180 | 81.7% | 1.1 min | 6.7% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 174 | 82.8% | -10.2 min | 6.3% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 164 | 82.9% | 0.7 min | 1.2% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 163 | 89.0% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 162 | 80.9% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 158 | 77.2% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 154 | 75.3% | 7.8 min | 2.6% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 146 | 87.7% | -3.1 min | 1.4% |
| CMH–MDW | Columbus to Chicago | 130 | 81.5% | 5.3 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in September 2023?
85.2% of 3,485 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.