Flights Columbus → Boston
CMH → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Boston has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with average delays of 6.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 495 flights departing from Columbus, which is served by an airport that opened in 1929, while the destination airport in Boston handles over 36 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) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 605 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.14%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 1,028 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of CMH-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 605 tracked CMH-BOS flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 3.1% 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 CMH-BOS
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 605 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Boston is 3.14% across 605 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.
