John Glenn Columbus International in November 2024

88.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,610 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 3,408 departures with 88.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 86.4% of the time (3,610 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 87.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from CMH in November 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.5%	88.8%	79.6%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.7%	89.6%	79.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.1%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	6.9 min	15.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	120	114	123	19,180
Scheduled departures	3,610	3,408	44,711	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	1,046	29%	90.2%	-6.5 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	967	27%	90.2%	-7.0 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	298	8%	85.6%	-3.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	268	7%	88.4%	0.7 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	260	7%	91.9%	-9.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	226	6%	70.8%	11.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	176	5%	88.1%	-5.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	169	5%	84.6%	4.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	134	4%	81.3%	6.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	93.3%	-13.7 min	3.3%
9E Endeavor Air	20	1%	85.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	0%	56.3%	7.3 min	6.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CMH–ORD	Columbus to Chicago	316	79.4%	3.6 min	0.0%
CMH–LGA	Columbus to New York	271	88.6%	-5.9 min	0.0%
CMH–ATL	Columbus to Atlanta	250	90.8%	-7.2 min	0.0%
CMH–EWR	Columbus to Newark	176	84.7%	-4.4 min	0.6%
CMH–BOS	Columbus to Boston	167	92.2%	-8.3 min	0.0%
CMH–DCA	Columbus to Washington	167	89.8%	-5.2 min	0.0%
CMH–CLT	Columbus to Charlotte	162	89.5%	2.5 min	0.0%
CMH–MCO	Columbus to Orlando	160	92.5%	-9.9 min	0.0%
CMH–DFW	Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	88.5%	-7.8 min	2.0%
CMH–JFK	Columbus to New York	146	91.1%	-6.5 min	0.0%
CMH–DTW	Columbus to Detroit	144	88.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%
CMH–DEN	Columbus to Denver	142	78.9%	-0.5 min	0.7%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.6%	36.9%	9,066
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	35.6%	8,526
National Aviation System	26.8%	21.9%	6,825
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.4%	1,045
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

25,463 delay minutes on 430 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CMH on time in November 2024?

88.5% of 3,610 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 88.8% of 3,408 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.5% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.