DTW to CMH flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Columbus, OH (CMH) · 155 miles
173 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
90.75%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
72 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 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 72 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 Detroit to Columbus 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 DTW overall run 11.5 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion DTW 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 DTW to CMH.
Every airline on DTW to CMH
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 | 94.87% | 0% | 68 min | A |
| SkyWest Airlines | 56 | 82.14% | 0% | 74 min | — |
The return leg
CMH to DTW Columbus back to Detroit 91.33% on time AOther routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Columbus usually delayed?
90.75% of flights on the DTW to CMH 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 Detroit to Columbus?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 117 flights and 94.87% arriving on time.
How often are DTW to CMH flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DTW to CMH flights are late, how late are they?
About 72 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 DTW to CMH 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 →