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Route Reliability

Tampa → Columbus

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

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
905
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 905 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–CMH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 47% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

TPA–CMH flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 71% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

TPA–CMH flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(124 flights)
  • Tue85%(113 flights)
  • Wed88%(110 flights)
  • Thu78%(121 flights)
  • Fri82%(129 flights)
  • Sat80%(146 flights)
  • Sun71%(147 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(66 flights)
  • 6–9 AM96%(294 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(102 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(57 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(91 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(235 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM47%(45 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 72% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%71
July 202568%69
August 202575%63
September 202590%62
October 202583%65
November 202585%79
December 202583%82
January 202689%64
February 202689%64
March 202675%101
April 202677%85
May 202674%85

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Based on 905 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.