Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Columbus
DFW → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Columbus operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 69%. Over the past year, it experienced an average delay of 17.3 minutes per flight out of a total of 410 flights. The destination airport in Columbus opened in 1929 and currently handles over seven 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 535 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Columbus (CMH) heads north-east for about 1,489 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 17m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of DFW-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 535 tracked DFW-CMH flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-CMH
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 535 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Columbus is 1.12% across 535 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
