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Airport month · December 2023

John Glenn Columbus International in December 2023

86.7%departed on time

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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,319 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 83.7% of the time (3,322 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 25%.

Every scheduled departure from CMH in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureDec 2023Year earlierCMH, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time86.7%—79.6%83.1%
Arrived on time88.1%—79.0%83.8%
Cancelled0.5%—2.0%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.0 min—15.0 min11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day111—12319,013
Scheduled departures3,319—44,711570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,07632%86.3%-2.5 min0.7%
YX Republic Airline82025%92.0%-10.6 min0.9%
MQ Envoy Air2297%83.0%2.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines2187%86.2%-1.9 min0.0%
AA American Airlines2156%91.6%-2.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines2056%97.1%-13.7 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1735%76.3%2.6 min0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines1635%87.7%-0.4 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines1073%88.8%-5.6 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air441%95.5%-13.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines421%76.2%32.1 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines271%85.2%-9.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CMH–ATLColumbus to Atlanta26392.8%-9.5 min0.4%
CMH–LGAColumbus to New York22289.6%-10.2 min2.3%
CMH–ORDColumbus to Chicago21888.1%-0.2 min0.0%
CMH–MCOColumbus to Orlando19279.2%9.4 min0.0%
CMH–DENColumbus to Denver16994.7%-13.5 min0.0%
CMH–EWRColumbus to Newark15092.0%-14.8 min0.0%
CMH–CLTColumbus to Charlotte14785.7%1.8 min0.0%
CMH–DCAColumbus to Washington14187.2%-2.6 min0.0%
CMH–JFKColumbus to New York13792.0%-9.9 min0.7%
CMH–MDWColumbus to Chicago12588.0%1.6 min3.2%
CMH–DFWColumbus to Dallas/Fort Worth12396.7%-15.6 min0.0%
CMH–BOSColumbus to Boston10484.6%-1.4 min1.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2023Minutes
Air carrier30.5%37.1%7,440
Late-arriving aircraft41.2%38.8%10,075
National Aviation System24.9%17.6%6,094
Extreme weather3.4%6.2%823
Security0.0%0.3%0
24,432 delay minutes on 369 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CMH on time in December 2023?

86.7% of 3,319 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.