Flights Boston → Columbus
BOS → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Columbus has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.6 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1929, serves over seven million passengers annually.
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 Boston (BOS) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 604 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31/100 (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 Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Columbus (CMH) heads west for about 1,028 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of BOS-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 604 tracked BOS-CMH flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about BOS-CMH
On the Boston (BOS) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 604 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Columbus is 3.31% across 604 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
