EWR to CMH flight delays
Newark, NJ (EWR) Columbus, OH (CMH) · 463 miles
2,045 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.56%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.65%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
87 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 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: 4.65% 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 May it ran 28.4 points more punctual than in July — 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 shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 87 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 route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 8.1 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on EWR to CMH. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in July.
Every airline on EWR 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 | 2,018 | 83.72% | 4.56% | 87 min | C |
| Spirit Airlines | 27 | 70.83% | 11.11% | 89 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CMH to EWR Columbus back to Newark 81.85% on time COther routes from Newark
Common questions
Are flights from Newark to Columbus usually delayed?
83.56% of flights on the EWR to CMH 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 Newark to Columbus?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 2,018 flights and 83.72% arriving on time.
How often are EWR to CMH flights cancelled?
4.65% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 47 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Newark to Columbus?
May, when 93.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 64.8%.
When EWR to CMH flights are late, how late are they?
About 87 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 EWR to CMH 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 →