Flights St. Louis → Columbus
STL → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Columbus has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 8.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route saw 166 flights, connecting two cities served by airports that are integral parts of their respective transportation networks; 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 St. Louis (STL) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 224 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (low), 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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Columbus (CMH) heads east for about 657 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of STL-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 224 tracked STL-CMH flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.3% 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 STL-CMH
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 224 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Columbus is 1.34% across 224 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.
