Flight number record
YX 5649
Republic Airways · Columbus to New York
- Route
- CMH → JFK
- Departs
- 12:37
- Flights
- 255
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s YX 5649, check with Republic Airways. Republic Airways flies under contract for larger airlines, so a ticket for this flight may show a different airline code and number.
YX 5649 lands a B−, level with the national rate of 77.3%. Roughly one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That rests on 255 flights, with a median arrival 5 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
76.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 238 completed flights
Avg delay
72 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
6.27%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
8.8%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 255 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 8.8% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally.
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Schedule
When YX 5649 flies
YX 5649 flies CMH to JFK without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 12:37, used on 36 of 255 flights, with 12:47 (29 flights) and 11:54 (29 flights) next.
- Departs 12:3736 flights14.1%
- Departs 12:4729 flights11.4%
- Departs 11:5429 flights11.4%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of scheduled departures at each local time. Times used on fewer than one flight in ten are not listed.
A 12:37 departure sits in the 11am–2pm window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 78.3%, and YX 5649 runs level with that at 76.9%. Midday slots inherit some of the morning's delays without yet carrying the full weight of the evening's.
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Against the route
YX 5649 next to CMH to JFK
Every carrier on CMH to JFK combined arrived on time 83.8% of the time across 1,570 flights, so YX 5649 is 7 points behind it. Across its whole network Republic Airways managed 78.1%, close to this flight's figure.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX 5649thin sample | 255 | 76.9% | 72 min | 6.27% | B− |
| All Republic Airways on CMH–JFK | 1,570 | 83.8% | 73 min | 4.71% | B− |
| All carriers on CMH–JFK | 1,570 | 83.8% | 73 min | 4.71% | B− |
| Republic Airways, whole network | 364,452 | 78.1% | 74 min | 4.55% | B− |
Across the year
YX 5649 quarter by quarter
YX 5649 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Jul–Sep 2025 at 93.3% on time and its weakest Jul–Sep 2026 at 61.7%, a swing of 32 points on roughly 64 flights a quarter. The twelve-month rate averages over that, so if you are flying in a weak quarter the quarter's own figure is the better guide.
- Jul–Sep 202530 flights93.3%
- Oct–Dec 202580 flights80.0%
- Jan–Mar 202624 flights—
- Apr–Jun 202667 flights79.4%
- Jul–Sep 202654 flights61.7%
Scale runs 55% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
By weekday, YX 5649 did best on Wednesday at 85.3% on time and worst on Thursday at 58.8%. Each day rests on about 36 flights, so a gap of 27 points is worth noticing but could still narrow in another year.
Arrival by arrival
How late YX 5649 runs when it is late
YX 5649 often beats the schedule: 62 of 238 completed flights, 26%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 55 late arrivals split 22 under half an hour, 12 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 21 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early62 flights26.1%
- Within 15 min121 flights50.8%
- 15–29 min late22 flights9.2%
- 30–59 min late12 flights5.0%
- 1–2 hours late12 flights5.0%
- 2+ hours late9 flights3.8%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 238 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
8 of 53 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 15% of them. 10 flights left on time and still arrived late.
The worst days
Worst days for YX 5649
The latest arrival of the period was on 30 October 2025, 10 hours 32 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as national airspace system delay. The same cause led on three of the five worst days.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 30 October 2025 | 10 hours 32 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 8 March 2026 | 3 hours 41 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 27 August 2026 | 3 hours 39 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 10 October 2025 | 3 hours 24 minutes | Carrier |
| 3 August 2026 | 2 hours 29 minutes | National Airspace System |
Delay causes
Why YX 5649 runs late
National Airspace System accounts for 53% of the 3,944 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 53%National Airspace System
- 30%Carrier
- 14%Late-arriving aircraft
- 2%Security
53% of delay minutes are charged to the National Airspace System: air traffic volume, runway configuration, ground stops. No carrier can price its way out of that, which is why airport choice moves the number here more than carrier choice does. That is 2,097 minutes out of 3,944, against a national NAS share of 21%. The split is drawn from 3,944 delay minutes reported on YX 5649.
Cancellations run at 6.27%, against 1.89% nationally. That is about one flight in fifteen 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.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
8.8% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 8.3%, so 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.
The same number turns up on five other city pairs in the data, including JFK to CMH (153), LGA to IND (45) and BNA to LGA (24), but none flew often enough under YX 5649 to report a rate for. Carriers move flight numbers between routes, so the figures on this page apply to CMH to JFK only.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 255 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
What to do with this
Booking YX 5649
For a booking, the cancellation rate is the figure to plan around on YX 5649: 6.27% of its 255 scheduled flights did not operate. A late arrival costs a little over an hour, but a cancellation costs the day, so leave a later option open.
Related
Where to go next
- CMH to JFK, every carrier and departure
- JFK to CMH, the return direction
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- John Glenn Columbus International (CMH) delay statistics
- John F. Kennedy International (JFK) delay statistics
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A flight number here means Republic Airways’s own number as it reports to the DOT. How the figures are computed is on the methodology page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.