Direct flights from San Diego (SAN) to Columbus (CMH): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 100 minutes late. 1 of the 3 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 3,154 km, an estimated 4 hours 33 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Diego and Columbus. Updated 19 October 2026 at 20:25 UTC.
The SAN board at 13:25 shows departure at 12:56 instead of 12:35, gate 110.
Checked SAN board 13:25 · CMH board 15:52
route health from live SAN and CMH delay boards
Median arrival delay is +100 min. 1 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at SAN: 53% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +19 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
next sweep in 120s
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SAN to CMH flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.
Pro Flight Search — San Diego (SAN) to Columbus (CMH) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/SAN-CMH
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at SAN is the weaker end, route health score 81/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule 2 departures from SAN. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the CMH delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 3,154 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 253–300 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 5 flights a week (sun, mon, tue, thu, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
.