CMH to EWR flight delays
Columbus, OH (CMH) Newark, NJ (EWR) · 463 miles
2,046 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.85%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.01%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
63 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.01% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 28.3 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 13.2 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
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 January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on CMH to EWR. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in December.
Every airline on CMH to EWR
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 | 2,019 | 81.93% | 3.91% | 63 min | C |
| Spirit Airlines | 27 | 75% | 11.11% | 95 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EWR to CMH Newark back to Columbus 83.56% on time COther routes from Columbus
Common questions
Are flights from Columbus to Newark usually delayed?
81.85% of flights on the CMH to EWR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Columbus to Newark?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 2,019 flights and 81.93% arriving on time.
How often are CMH to EWR flights cancelled?
4.01% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 40 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Columbus to Newark?
April, when 95.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 66.9%.
When CMH to EWR flights are late, how late are they?
About 63 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 EWR 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 →