Airport month record
CMHFEB
John Glenn Columbus International in February 2026
- Departures
- 3,231
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at CMH, see live FAA status.
CMH in February lands a B, 3 points better than the national rate of 80.2%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 3,231 flights, of which Republic Airways flew 964 at 84.9% on time.
Key figures
On time
82.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,137 completed departures
Avg delay
75 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.72%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
80.1%
CMH across all twelve months
These figures cover 3,231 departures from John Glenn Columbus International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to CMH's other months
Against CMH's own year, February ran 3 points better than the twelve-month rate of 80.1%, which makes it number four of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, January ran 81.6% on time and March 76.4%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 3,933 | 73.3% | 79 min | 3.41% | C− |
| August 2025 | 3,758 | 82.1% | 68 min | 1.41% | B |
| September 2025 | 3,726 | 85.2% | 67 min | 0.51% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 4,031 | 81.1% | 67 min | 0.72% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 3,641 | 79.9% | 77 min | 1.81% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,567 | 70.7% | 75 min | 1.68% | C |
| January 2026 | 3,296 | 81.6% | 78 min | 6.28% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 3,231 | 82.9% | 75 min | 2.72% | B |
| March 2026 | 4,010 | 76.4% | 86 min | 3.24% | B− |
| April 2026 | 3,713 | 84.2% | 72 min | 0.51% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 3,860 | 83.4% | 65 min | 1.22% | B |
| June 2026 | 3,876 | 81.0% | 78 min | 1.57% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave CMH in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 12 points, against 2 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am952 flights89.2%
- 8am–11am602 flights87.0%
- 11am–2pm540 flights77.8%
- 2pm–5pm471 flights77.2%
- 5pm–8pm564 flights77.5%
- 8pm–5am102 flights82.4%
Scale runs 70% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 89.2% of the time, against 77.2% for the afternoon window. That is 12 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 952 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 90.2% on time and Monday the weakest at 74.0%. 16 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at CMH in February
The two carriers here are closely matched: 2 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 964 | 84.9% | 55 min | 6.33% | B− |
| Southwest Airlines | 902 | 82.9% | 69 min | 0.67% | B+ |
| American Airlinesthin sample | 296 | 84.8% | 75 min | 1.69% | B |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 245 | 84.5% | 83 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 217 | 87.3% | 86 min | 1.84% | A |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 217 | 83.3% | 77 min | 0.46% | B+ |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 152 | 68.2% | 122 min | 0.66% | C+ |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 89 | 69.9% | 69 min | 6.74% | C− |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 84 | 81.5% | 120 min | 3.57% | B− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 44 | 77.3% | 87 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Republic Airways cancels 6.3% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of CMH in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 328 | 82.9% | 70 min | 0.30% | B+ |
| CMH to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 233 | 85.4% | 63 min | 8.58% | A− |
| CMH to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 218 | 86.0% | 79 min | 1.83% | A |
| CMH to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 183 | 82.0% | 94 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CMH to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 163 | 57.7% | 55 min | 4.29% | D− |
| CMH to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 153 | 87.2% | 61 min | 7.84% | A− |
| CMH to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 152 | 80.0% | 76 min | 4.61% | B− |
| CMH to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 146 | 92.5% | 40 min | 7.53% | A− |
| CMH to DEN · Denverthin sample | 126 | 88.1% | 125 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CMH to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 122 | 76.0% | 106 min | 0.82% | B+ |
| CMH to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 117 | 87.2% | 103 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CMH to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 112 | 81.4% | 56 min | 8.93% | B− |
| CMH to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 104 | 84.3% | 70 min | 1.92% | B |
| CMH to MIA · Miamithin sample | 103 | 85.4% | 49 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CMH to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 84 | 86.4% | 102 min | 3.57% | A− |
| CMH to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 83 | 82.5% | 39 min | 2.41% | B |
| CMH to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 78 | 75.6% | 147 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CMH to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 75 | 87.8% | 69 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CMH to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 71 | 86.6% | 68 min | 5.63% | A− |
| CMH to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 67 | 81.5% | 83 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CMH to TPA · Tampathin sample | 67 | 86.6% | 49 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CMH to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 66 | 86.4% | 73 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CMH to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 60 | 86.0% | 41 min | 5.00% | A− |
| CMH to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 59 | 79.7% | 70 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CMH to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 52 | 80.8% | 101 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held CMH up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 40,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Late-arriving aircraft
- 35%Carrier
- 19%National Airspace System
- 5%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
40% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 40,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 7 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 40,189 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.72%, against 2.25% nationally. That is roughly one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
6.1% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.5%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from CMH in February
For a February trip through CMH: expect 82.9% on time and 2.72% cancelled, going by February 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- John Glenn Columbus International (CMH), the whole year
- CMH in July73.3%
- CMH in August82.1%
- CMH in September85.2%
- CMH in October81.1%
- CMH in November79.9%
- CMH in December70.7%
- CMH in January81.6%
- CMH in March76.4%
- CMH in April84.2%
- CMH in May83.4%
- CMH in June81.0%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.