Flights Columbus → Baltimore
CMH → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Baltimore, operated by a Boeing 737-300, has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of just seven minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 249 flights, connecting two historically significant airports: Columbus Airport, which opened in 1929, and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which began operations in 1947 and currently serves over 22.8 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 Columbus (CMH) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 329 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Baltimore (BWI) heads east for about 541 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 57% of CMH-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 329 tracked CMH-BWI flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 7 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 CMH-BWI
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 329 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Baltimore 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.
