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Airport month · October 2023
John Glenn Columbus International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,642 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 85.0% of the time (3,643 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 88.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 88.8% | — | 79.6% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 88.5% | — | 79.0% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 2.0% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.9 min | — | 15.0 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 121 | — | 123 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,642 | — | 44,711 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,074 | 29% | 85.5% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 881 | 24% | 94.2% | -12.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 313 | 9% | 85.6% | -0.6 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 309 | 8% | 85.4% | 11.7 min | 0.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 293 | 8% | 83.3% | 1.8 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 267 | 7% | 96.3% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 182 | 5% | 84.6% | 2.6 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 99 | 3% | 87.9% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 88 | 2% | 94.3% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 82 | 2% | 91.5% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 32 | 1% | 90.6% | -14.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 22 | 1% | 63.6% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 274 | 95.6% | -11.6 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 266 | 84.6% | -0.8 min | 1.1% |
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 263 | 94.3% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 188 | 81.9% | 5.3 min | 1.1% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 186 | 94.6% | -13.7 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 180 | 88.3% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 176 | 93.8% | -14.3 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 175 | 87.4% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 171 | 83.6% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–MDW | Columbus to Chicago | 165 | 84.2% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 164 | 87.8% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 147 | 83.7% | 15.3 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in October 2023?
88.8% of 3,642 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.