Flights Chicago → Columbus
ORD → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Columbus operates with a mix of aircraft including the Embraer RJ145, Canadair Regional Jet 700, Boeing 737 series, and Airbus A319 models. With over twelve hundred flights annually, this route has a punctuality rate of seventy-eight percent, though when delays occur they average fifteen minutes and fifty seconds.
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 Chicago (ORD) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1524 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.95%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.4/100 (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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Columbus (CMH) heads south-east for about 475 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of ORD-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,524 tracked ORD-CMH flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 3.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-CMH
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 1524 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Columbus is 2.95% across 1524 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United 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.
