FLL to CMH flight delays
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) Columbus, OH (CMH) · 973 miles
837 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
64.73%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.87%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
59 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 2.87%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: March 2026, when 11.29% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 1.4%. Whatever happened in March was an event, not the normal state of this route.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Spirit Airlines arrived on time 13.9 points more often than Southwest 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 season swings this route hard. In September it ran 31.5 points more punctual than in May — 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 two directions do not behave alike. CMH to FLL arrives on time 12.7 points more 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Spirit Airlines arrived on time most often on FLL to CMH. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in May.
Every airline on FLL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines | 432 | 71.98% | 3.94% | 62 min | D |
| Southwest Airlines | 385 | 58.05% | 1.3% | 52 min | F |
| Frontier Airlines | 20 | 38.89% | 10% | 133 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CMH to FLL Columbus back to Fort Lauderdale 77.46% on time DOther routes from Fort Lauderdale
Common questions
Are flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus usually delayed?
64.73% of flights on the FLL to CMH route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus?
Spirit Airlines, at 71.98% on time across 432 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 58.05%.
How often are FLL to CMH flights cancelled?
2.87% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 29 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Fort Lauderdale to Columbus?
September, when 77.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was May at 45.8%.
When FLL to CMH flights are late, how late are they?
About 59 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 FLL 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 →