Flights Fort Lauderdale → Columbus
FLL → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 58%, with an average delay time of 27.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 282 flights on this route, serving the busy destination airport in Columbus which 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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 376 flights monitored in recent months, 61% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.2/100 (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 Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Columbus (CMH) heads north for about 1,569 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 23m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of FLL-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 376 tracked FLL-CMH flights, 61% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 4.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-CMH
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 61% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 376 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Columbus is 4.79% across 376 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
