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Route Reliability

Columbus → Washington

CMHIAD · 299 miles · John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,501
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 1,501 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CMH–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

CMH–IAD flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Trending in the right direction.

CMH–IAD flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(213 flights)
  • Tue86%(209 flights)
  • Wed86%(213 flights)
  • Thu87%(209 flights)
  • Fri81%(211 flights)
  • Sat85%(212 flights)
  • Sun78%(211 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(359 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(357 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(252 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(157 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(353 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 72% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%143
July 202575%116
August 202585%122
September 202592%142
October 202584%124
November 202587%117
December 202570%124
January 202682%117
February 202684%109
March 202684%122
April 202695%120
May 202684%122

Based on 1,501 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.