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Route Reliability

Denver → Columbus

DENCMH · 1,154 miles · Denver International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,765
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines81%729 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines80%113 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines66%923 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–CMH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–CMH flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 69%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 66%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DEN–CMH flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon74%(270 flights)
  • Tue76%(228 flights)
  • Wed71%(223 flights)
  • Thu70%(274 flights)
  • Fri69%(271 flights)
  • Sat79%(205 flights)
  • Sun73%(276 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(61 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(667 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(197 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(526 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(296 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 57% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%155
July 202557%161
August 202567%146
September 202573%146
October 202584%165
November 202586%140
December 202574%141
January 202686%125
February 202684%123
March 202673%144
April 202675%149
May 202665%152

Based on 1,765 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.