CMH to DTW flight delays
Columbus, OH (CMH) Detroit, MI (DTW) · 155 miles
173 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
91.33%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
86 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
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 86 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.
Flights from Columbus to Detroit are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from CMH overall run 11.3 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion CMH has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only Republic Airways flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on CMH to DTW.
Every airline on CMH to DTW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 117 | 92.31% | 0% | 73 min | A |
| SkyWest Airlines | 56 | 89.29% | 0% | 105 min | — |
The return leg
DTW to CMH Detroit back to Columbus 90.75% on time AOther routes from Columbus
Common questions
Are flights from Columbus to Detroit usually delayed?
91.33% of flights on the CMH to DTW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Columbus to Detroit?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 117 flights and 92.31% arriving on time.
How often are CMH to DTW flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When CMH to DTW flights are late, how late are they?
About 86 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 DTW during March 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 →