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Route Reliability

Columbus → Fort Lauderdale

CMHFLL · 973 miles · John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
907
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines79%488 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%399 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (20 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CMH–FLL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

CMH–FLL flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 72% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Spirit Airlines and Southwest Airlines.

On this route they all land within 77% to 79% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Ticking up lately.

CMH–FLL flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(129 flights)
  • Tue75%(99 flights)
  • Wed92%(88 flights)
  • Thu77%(131 flights)
  • Fri83%(126 flights)
  • Sat79%(166 flights)
  • Sun73%(144 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM87%(191 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(135 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(214 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(110 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(131 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(102 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 75% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%92
July 202576%93
August 202587%69
September 202582%67
October 202578%54
November 202582%66
December 202567%70
January 202675%81
February 202686%81
March 202664%111
April 202689%75
May 202692%24

Based on 907 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.