Flights Columbus → Tampa
CMH → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Tampa operates with an average on-time performance of 77%, featuring a mean delay of 9.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 254 flights using aircraft such as the Embraer 175 and Boeing 737-300, connecting from Columbus's historic airport, which opened in 1929, to Tampa, a major hub with over 21.5 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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 337 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.48%. 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 Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Tampa (TPA) heads south for about 1,337 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 5m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of CMH-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 337 tracked CMH-TPA flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.5% 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-TPA
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 337 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Tampa is 1.48% across 337 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.
