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Airport month · January 2025
John Glenn Columbus International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,283 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 3,168 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 79.5% of the time (3,285 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 32%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 29%.
- On time 77.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
- Cancelled 2.2%
- Diverted 0.0%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.9% | 80.7% | 79.6% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 77.8% | 77.7% | 79.0% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 2.2% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.8 min | 13.0 min | 15.0 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 109 | 106 | 123 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,283 | 3,168 | 44,711 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 987 | 30% | 81.5% | -1.8 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 945 | 29% | 80.4% | -0.3 min | 2.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 289 | 9% | 70.2% | 15.3 min | 2.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 270 | 8% | 76.3% | 6.1 min | 3.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 248 | 8% | 77.4% | 9.8 min | 2.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 177 | 5% | 67.2% | 13.1 min | 1.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 165 | 5% | 75.8% | 3.2 min | 1.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 152 | 5% | 70.4% | 8.0 min | 3.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 24 | 1% | 83.3% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 18 | 1% | 77.8% | 20.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 8 | 0% | 37.5% | 25.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH–ORD | Columbus to Chicago | 295 | 77.6% | 7.2 min | 0.7% |
| CMH–ATL | Columbus to Atlanta | 262 | 74.4% | 13.1 min | 2.7% |
| CMH–LGA | Columbus to New York | 260 | 76.5% | 0.6 min | 1.5% |
| CMH–MCO | Columbus to Orlando | 182 | 84.6% | -6.3 min | 1.1% |
| CMH–CLT | Columbus to Charlotte | 167 | 70.1% | 7.5 min | 3.0% |
| CMH–DCA | Columbus to Washington | 166 | 73.5% | 0.0 min | 6.6% |
| CMH–BOS | Columbus to Boston | 163 | 81.6% | 5.1 min | 0.6% |
| CMH–JFK | Columbus to New York | 147 | 87.1% | -5.6 min | 2.0% |
| CMH–DFW | Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth | 135 | 71.1% | 15.3 min | 5.2% |
| CMH–DEN | Columbus to Denver | 130 | 70.8% | 5.4 min | 0.8% |
| CMH–DTW | Columbus to Detroit | 109 | 82.6% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| CMH–EWR | Columbus to Newark | 104 | 74.0% | 3.1 min | 1.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CMH on time in January 2025?
82.9% of 3,283 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 80.7% of 3,168 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 82.9% and 2.2% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.