Flights Columbus → New York
CMH → JFK
Route overview
This flight route connects Columbus to New York, operating with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer RJ145 aircraft. With an 85% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 8.4 minutes, the service is generally reliable, serving approximately 445 flights annually between two airports that have been operational since 1929 and 1948 respectively, with the destination airport handling over sixty-two million passengers per year.
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) → New York (JFK) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 579 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to New York (JFK) heads east for about 776 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of CMH-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 579 tracked CMH-JFK flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 7 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CMH-JFK
On the Columbus (CMH) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 579 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-New York is 3.28% across 579 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
