Columbus (CMH) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 476 km
- 296 mi · 257 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 35 min / 1 h 26 min
- Average gate to gate: CMH → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 109 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (64 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 687,209
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.9%
- Flights / week
- 190
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 910,996 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 7
- UA, YX, MQ
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
- 299°
- Heading from ORD
- 116°
- Halfway point
- 41.02, -85.36
- Great-circle km
- 475 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CMH → ORD
- 56 min
- In the air ORD → CMH
- 49 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Columbus
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 61,853 |
| Sep 2025 | 64,020 |
| Oct 2025 | 62,499 |
| Nov 2025 | 50,761 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,488 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,300 |
| Feb 2026 | 47,545 |
| Mar 2026 | 56,936 |
| Apr 2026 | 56,619 |
| May 2026 | 65,268 |
| Jun 2026 | 66,822 |
| Jul 2026 | 68,098 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 800 |
| Sep 2025 | 820 |
| Oct 2025 | 877 |
| Nov 2025 | 746 |
| Dec 2025 | 743 |
| Jan 2026 | 642 |
| Feb 2026 | 701 |
| Mar 2026 | 854 |
| Apr 2026 | 903 |
| May 2026 | 930 |
| Jun 2026 | 914 |
| Jul 2026 | 938 |
Airlines flying CMH–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 46 | 38% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 59 | 26% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 53 | 22% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 20 | 8% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 4.9 | 3% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 4.8 | 2% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 2.0 | 1% |
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 · 4,657 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 1,301 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 885 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 637 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 635 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 494 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 432 flights
- Bombardier CRJ550 · 320 flights
Also carried: 74 tonnes of freight and 14 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.8%
- Flights counted
- 9,863
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 80.7% | 16 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 76% | 21 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 70.4% | 24 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 70.4% | 29 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.6% | 24 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 68.6% | 25 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 28% · weather 9% · 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
- $253
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $234
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 60% of passengers · $258
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 39% of passengers · $244
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $229 · Q3 2025 $222 · Q4 2025 $237 · Q1 2026 $253).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $258, likely $223–$294
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.4%). 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: Q4, 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: 475 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.
Every airport pair between Columbus and Chicago
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |