Flights Columbus → Orlando
CMH → MCO
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Orlando operates with an average on-time performance of 75%, featuring a mean delay time of 19.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 608 flights using aircraft such as the Embraer 170 and Boeing 737-300, connecting passengers from Columbus to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which handles nearly 50 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) → Orlando (MCO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 789 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Orlando: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Orlando (MCO) heads south for about 1,295 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 2m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of CMH-MCO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Orlando it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 789 tracked CMH-MCO flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.6% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about CMH-MCO
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Orlando (MCO) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 789 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Orlando is 1.65% across 789 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
