Flights Baltimore → Columbus
BWI → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Columbus has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 17.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 249 flights between these two cities, which have rich aviation histories, with Baltimore's airport opening in 1947 and Columbus's in 1929.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 329 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Columbus (CMH) heads west for about 541 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of BWI-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 329 tracked BWI-CMH flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-CMH
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 329 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Columbus is 1.52% across 329 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
