Flights New York → Columbus
LGA → CMH
Route overview
This flight route connects New York to Columbus, featuring a 77% on-time performance rate with an average delay of 15.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 774 flights on this route using various regional aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700, Embraer RJ140, and Embraer 170/175 models, serving a destination airport that 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 New York (LGA) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 999 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.41%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 32.5/100 (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 New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Columbus (CMH) heads west for about 768 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 42% of LGA-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 999 tracked LGA-CMH flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 6.4% 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 LGA-CMH
On the New York (LGA) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 999 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Columbus is 6.41% across 999 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.
