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Airport month · May 2024
John Glenn Columbus International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,580 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 74.2% of the time (3,579 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 78.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.0% | — | 79.6% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 78.4% | — | 79.0% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 2.0% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.3 min | — | 15.0 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 119 | — | 123 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,580 | — | 44,711 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 1,028 | 29% | 86.7% | -0.7 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,009 | 28% | 75.8% | 10.7 min | 0.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 297 | 8% | 67.3% | 23.4 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 291 | 8% | 63.2% | 22.0 min | 5.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 277 | 8% | 87.7% | -0.9 min | 0.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 226 | 6% | 80.5% | -1.0 min | 1.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 202 | 6% | 68.3% | 19.4 min | 1.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 95 | 3% | 81.1% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 50 | 1% | 82.0% | 15.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 46 | 1% | 80.4% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 37 | 1% | 86.5% | -2.3 min | 2.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 22 | 1% | 72.7% | 15.5 min | 4.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 277 | 71.8% | 22.3 min | 1.8% |
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 273 | 81.7% | 8.0 min | 0.7% |
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 271 | 85.2% | 1.4 min | 1.8% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 189 | 75.1% | 7.9 min | 0.5% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 187 | 62.0% | 19.3 min | 2.7% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 173 | 72.3% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 171 | 86.0% | -4.9 min | 1.2% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 159 | 76.7% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 156 | 85.3% | 1.7 min | 1.9% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 141 | 75.2% | 9.4 min | 0.7% |
| CMH–MDW | Columbus to Chicago | 129 | 76.0% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 124 | 62.9% | 25.7 min | 7.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in May 2024?
79.0% of 3,580 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.