Route Reliability
Columbus → Los Angeles
CMH–LAX · 1,995 miles · John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 17 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.5%
- Cancelled
- 404
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- American Airlines74% on time · 306 flights
- United Airlines81% on time · 64 flights
- Spirit Airlines90% on time · 31 flights
- Delta Air Lines100% on time · 2 flights
- Southwest Airlines0% on time · 1 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
CMH–LAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.
Mondays have been rough.
CMH–LAX flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
CMH–LAX flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon72%(64 flights)
- Tue87%(47 flights)
- Wed76%(38 flights)
- Thu73%(64 flights)
- Fri77%(62 flights)
- Sat77%(57 flights)
- Sun76%(66 flights)
- 6–9 AM84%(88 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(9 flights)
- 3–6 PM74%(161 flights)
- 6–9 PM75%(140 flights)
Jun 63% → May 74% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 63% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 69% | 26 |
| September 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 80% | 45 |
| November 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| December 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 91% | 21 |
| February 2026 | 94% | 17 |
| March 2026 | 81% | 21 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 57 |
| May 2026 | 74% | 61 |
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Based on 404 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.