Columbus (CMH) – Denver (DEN)
- Distance
- 1,857 km
- 1,154 mi · 1,003 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 10 min / 2 h 43 min
- Average gate to gate: CMH → DEN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 233 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (138 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 479,820
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.8%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 595,672 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, UA, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from CMH
- 277°
- Heading from DEN
- 82°
- Halfway point
- 40.44, -93.79
- Great-circle km
- 1,853 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CMH → DEN
- 2 h 46 min
- In the air DEN → CMH
- 2 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Denver is 2 h behind Columbus
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 42,996 |
| Sep 2025 | 43,095 |
| Oct 2025 | 46,015 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,378 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,364 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,477 |
| Feb 2026 | 30,873 |
| Mar 2026 | 39,006 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,220 |
| May 2026 | 42,741 |
| Jun 2026 | 47,297 |
| Jul 2026 | 47,358 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 294 |
| Sep 2025 | 293 |
| Oct 2025 | 330 |
| Nov 2025 | 282 |
| Dec 2025 | 282 |
| Jan 2026 | 249 |
| Feb 2026 | 249 |
| Mar 2026 | 290 |
| Apr 2026 | 298 |
| May 2026 | 304 |
| Jun 2026 | 312 |
| Jul 2026 | 330 |
Airlines flying CMH–DEN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 35 | 51% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 28 | 41% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.7 | 8% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,493 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 929 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 311 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 256 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 152 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 128 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 111 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 76 flights
Also carried: 248 tonnes of freight and 36 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 3,538
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.6% | 17 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 82.7% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 76.4% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 21% · weather 2% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $277
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $255
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 45% of passengers · $307
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 10% of passengers · $139
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $262 · Q3 2025 $244 · Q4 2025 $246 · Q1 2026 $277).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $283, likely $245–$322
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.6%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,853 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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