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Route Reliability

Chicago → Columbus

ORDCMH · 296 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
4,910
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines75%2,634 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines71%2,276 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–CMH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

ORD–CMH flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 69%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 71%.

Ticking up lately.

ORD–CMH flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% 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
  • Mon69%(713 flights)
  • Tue78%(631 flights)
  • Wed72%(687 flights)
  • Thu73%(716 flights)
  • Fri71%(708 flights)
  • Sat77%(622 flights)
  • Sun71%(715 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(728 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(741 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(1037 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(802 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(1036 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(447 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 65% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%405
July 202560%395
August 202578%399
September 202576%410
October 202578%438
November 202577%368
December 202563%371
January 202670%320
February 202677%348
March 202674%424
April 202674%450
May 202681%464

Based on 4,910 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.