Route Reliability
Detroit → Columbus
DTW–CMH · 155 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.0%
- Cancelled
- 1,880
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,880 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DTW–CMH flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 74% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–CMH flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 77%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–CMH flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
- Mon77%(271 flights)
- Tue79%(275 flights)
- Wed77%(273 flights)
- Thu84%(273 flights)
- Fri83%(268 flights)
- Sat86%(229 flights)
- Sun77%(272 flights)
- 6–9 AM86%(344 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM89%(161 flights)
- 12–3 PM80%(347 flights)
- 3–6 PM78%(374 flights)
- 6–9 PM81%(321 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM74%(314 flights)
Jun 76% → May 88% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 76% | 164 |
| July 2025 | 82% | 174 |
| August 2025 | 88% | 180 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 176 |
| October 2025 | 89% | 176 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 142 |
| December 2025 | 66% | 125 |
| January 2026 | 67% | 137 |
| February 2026 | 74% | 133 |
| March 2026 | 73% | 147 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 146 |
| May 2026 | 88% | 161 |
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Based on 1,880 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.