Columbus (CMH) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 770 km
- 479 mi · 416 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 47 min / 1 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: CMH → LGA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 97 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (57 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 369,746
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.1%
- Flights / week
- 119
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 495,669 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- YX, NK, 9E
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
- 81°
- Heading from LGA
- 266°
- Halfway point
- 40.48, -78.41
- Great-circle km
- 768 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CMH → LGA
- 1 h 19 min
- In the air LGA → CMH
- 1 h 20 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 38,188 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,732 |
| Oct 2025 | 38,398 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,391 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,624 |
| Jan 2026 | 22,435 |
| Feb 2026 | 21,096 |
| Mar 2026 | 27,379 |
| Apr 2026 | 27,405 |
| May 2026 | 30,594 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,085 |
| Jul 2026 | 27,419 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 543 |
| Sep 2025 | 587 |
| Oct 2025 | 598 |
| Nov 2025 | 574 |
| Dec 2025 | 511 |
| Jan 2026 | 493 |
| Feb 2026 | 450 |
| Mar 2026 | 498 |
| Apr 2026 | 499 |
| May 2026 | 494 |
| Jun 2026 | 471 |
| Jul 2026 | 448 |
Airlines flying CMH–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 106 | 84% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 5.9 | 10% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 6.3 | 6% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 5,518 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 330 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 147 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 97 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 48 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 15 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 6 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 2 flights
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 4.4%
- Flights counted
- 6,095
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 78.9% | 17 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 77.1% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 24% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 37% · weather 3% · 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
- $226
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $202
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 49% of passengers · $253
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 45% of passengers · $208
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $190 · Q3 2025 $187 · Q4 2025 $213 · Q1 2026 $226).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $231, likely $200–$263
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 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.1%). 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 3% 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: 768 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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