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Airport month · August 2024
John Glenn Columbus International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,707 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 3,744 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 73.6% of the time (3,705 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 79.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
- Cancelled 2.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.7% | 83.7% | 79.6% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 79.2% | 83.4% | 79.0% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.8 min | 12.0 min | 15.0 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 124 | 125 | 123 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,707 | 3,744 | 44,711 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 933 | 25% | 84.1% | 3.5 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 932 | 25% | 79.5% | 1.4 min | 5.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 337 | 9% | 69.4% | 27.6 min | 2.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 335 | 9% | 90.4% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 281 | 8% | 73.7% | 9.3 min | 3.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 278 | 7% | 73.7% | 26.3 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 250 | 7% | 78.0% | 13.2 min | 0.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 133 | 4% | 77.4% | 6.1 min | 2.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 120 | 3% | 75.8% | 17.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 56 | 2% | 71.4% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 27 | 1% | 59.3% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 25 | 1% | 60.0% | 21.2 min | 16.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 305 | 77.7% | 20.8 min | 0.3% |
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 279 | 89.6% | -1.0 min | 0.4% |
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 245 | 71.0% | 7.7 min | 7.8% |
| CMH–PHL | Columbus to Philadelphia | 186 | 68.3% | 23.0 min | 3.8% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 183 | 84.2% | 12.5 min | 1.1% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 181 | 73.5% | 17.8 min | 1.1% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 174 | 82.8% | 2.2 min | 2.9% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 158 | 81.6% | -3.7 min | 5.1% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 155 | 73.5% | 5.6 min | 5.8% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 154 | 77.3% | 11.2 min | 1.3% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 151 | 77.5% | 3.8 min | 4.0% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 145 | 81.4% | 6.4 min | 1.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in August 2024?
79.7% of 3,707 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 83.7% of 3,744 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 2.2% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.