On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

John Glenn Columbus International in February 2025

83.5%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,103 domestic departures from John Glenn Columbus International (CMH). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so CMH departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,043 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at CMH that month were on time 78.2% of the time (3,103 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 24%.

Every scheduled departure from CMH in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024CMH, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time83.5%85.8%79.6%79.2%
Arrived on time79.9%85.5%79.0%77.9%
Cancelled1.3%0.5%2.0%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.4 min8.5 min15.0 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day10310112316,830
Scheduled departures3,1033,04344,711504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline94130%81.7%-1.6 min1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines89929%83.3%-2.0 min0.3%
AA American Airlines2749%79.2%5.7 min0.4%
MQ Envoy Air2628%74.8%11.8 min1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines2327%80.2%-1.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1625%72.8%10.0 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1555%84.5%-7.0 min1.3%
OH PSA Airlines1063%55.7%25.2 min13.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines351%85.7%17.0 min2.9%
AS Alaska Airlines221%68.2%14.5 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines150%53.3%9.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CMH–ORDColumbus to Chicago31978.4%9.2 min0.9%
CMH–LGAColumbus to New York24881.9%-3.7 min2.8%
CMH–ATLColumbus to Atlanta22882.5%-3.0 min0.0%
CMH–MCOColumbus to Orlando18083.3%-4.7 min0.6%
CMH–DCAColumbus to Washington15651.3%22.2 min10.9%
CMH–CLTColumbus to Charlotte15374.5%14.1 min0.7%
CMH–BOSColumbus to Boston14680.8%-3.7 min0.0%
CMH–JFKColumbus to New York13683.8%-3.6 min1.5%
CMH–DENColumbus to Denver12075.8%9.4 min0.0%
CMH–DFWColumbus to Dallas/Fort Worth12080.8%8.8 min0.0%
CMH–EWRColumbus to Newark11384.1%-2.3 min1.8%
CMH–DTWColumbus to Detroit10687.7%-4.9 min0.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier24.1%33.9%8,707
Late-arriving aircraft36.1%36.9%13,047
National Aviation System34.3%22.5%12,371
Extreme weather5.5%6.6%1,991
Security0.0%0.1%0
36,116 delay minutes on 578 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 February 2025?

83.5% of 3,103 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.8% of 3,043 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 1.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

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