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Route Reliability

Columbus → Tampa

CMH–TPA · 829 miles · John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Tampa International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
904
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 904 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CMH–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 99% of the time, versus 68% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CMH–TPA flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays and just 77% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(126 flights)
  • Tue89%(113 flights)
  • Wed95%(110 flights)
  • Thu82%(121 flights)
  • Fri86%(131 flights)
  • Sat88%(146 flights)
  • Sun77%(145 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM99%(143 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(188 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(66 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(100 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(160 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(188 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM68%(47 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 79% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%70
July 202576%70
August 202584%62
September 202597%62
October 202583%65
November 202584%79
December 202579%85
January 202695%65
February 202687%67
March 202680%98
April 202695%85
May 202685%84

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Based on 904 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.