Flights Columbus → Detroit
CMH → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Detroit is served by Embraer 175 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 14 minutes. Over the past year, there have been a total of 431 flights on this route, originating from Columbus's airport, which opened in 1929, and heading to Detroit's busy Wayne County Airport, handling over 28 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) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 523 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Detroit (DTW) heads north for about 249 km, a flight time of roughly 44m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 60% of CMH-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 523 tracked CMH-DTW flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.3% 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 CMH-DTW
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 523 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Detroit is 1.34% across 523 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.
