CMH to DFW flight delays
Columbus, OH (CMH) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) · 926 miles
1,728 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
78.7%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.49%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
104 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Envoy Air arrived on time 7.2 points more often than American Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 104 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. DFW to CMH arrives on time 8.4 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on CMH to DFW. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on CMH to DFW
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,406 | 77.38% | 2.99% | 108 min | D |
| Envoy Air | 315 | 84.62% | 0% | 81 min | B |
| PSA Airlines | 6 | 60% | 16.67% | 126 min | — |
| Delta Air Lines | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Common questions
Are flights from Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth usually delayed?
78.7% of flights on the CMH to DFW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth?
Envoy Air, at 84.62% on time across 315 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 77.38%.
How often are CMH to DFW flights cancelled?
2.49% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 25 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Columbus to Dallas/Fort Worth?
September, when 87.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 70.3%.
When CMH to DFW flights are late, how late are they?
About 104 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on CMH to DFW during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →