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Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly to Columbus.
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3:25 pm - 5:25 pmLGA-CMH
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1:25 pm - 3:15 pmCMH-LGA
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$53Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Mar 18 - Thu, Mar 20
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$54Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Mar 22 - Tue, Mar 25
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$138American Airlines
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Thu, Apr 17 - Sun, Apr 20
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$139Delta
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$139Delta
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9:50 am - 5:10 pmLAX-CMH
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$157American Airlines
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Tue, Mar 25 - Tue, Apr 1
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$159United Airlines
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$161United Airlines
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3:40 pm - 9:20 pmLGA-CMH
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6:50 am - 1:15 pmCMH-LGA
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$164Southwest
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Flights to Columbus - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Columbus to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a flight to Columbus?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Columbus from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.
A flight to Columbus costs $281 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $32 and departed from New Orleans. The most popular routes on KAYAK are New York to Columbus which costs $268 on average, and Los Angeles to Columbus, which costs $367 on average.
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What is the cheapest day to fly to Columbus?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Columbus clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Columbus is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $310. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $379 on average.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Columbus?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Columbus depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Columbus is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $236 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Columbus is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $287.

What is a good deal for flights to Columbus?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Columbus, 25% of our users found tickets to Columbus for the following prices or less: From Fort Lauderdale $98 round-trip, from Orlando Sanford Intl Airport $133 round-trip, from New York John F Kennedy Intl Airport $189 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Columbus?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Columbus, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Columbus?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Columbus is Columbus Rickenbacker Airport (LCK), with an average flight price of $107.

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When to book flights to Columbus

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Columbus based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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Flights to Columbus: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew to Columbus 
nellieFlew with Spirit AirlinesLAS-CMHAug 2024
Southwest is doing best currently for direct flight/ I usually fly united I miss midwest express and the cookies Why don't planes board from back to front? It would be 100x more efficient and faster.
LauraFlew with SouthwestMCO-CMHApr 2024
Always go at least a couple hour prior to flight time. Keep an eye on gates they tend to change.
lee mariemeFlew with DeltaLGA-CMHJan 2024
I have flown Delta for years. It is my preference.

FAQs - booking Columbus flights

  • Which Columbus airport is closest to central Columbus?

    The distance between Columbus Airport and downtown Columbus is 6 miles, which makes it the closest of the 2 Columbus airports. Columbus Rickenbacker is 11 miles away from the center.

  • How much is a flight to Columbus?

    On average, a flight to Columbus costs $281. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $32 and departed from New Orleans Louis Armstrong Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Columbus?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Columbus.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Columbus?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Columbus is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Columbus?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Columbus with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Columbus?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Columbus up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Columbus

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be January, February and December. The cheapest month to fly from the United States is August.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Columbus flight deals.

Top 5 airlines flying to Columbus

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Columbus. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United States to Columbus. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4333 reviews
7.1Food
8.7Crew
8.1Comfort
7.6Entertainment
8.2Boarding
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WiFi on the flight was not working. Thus, entertainment options were limited.

8.0 ExcellentJames, Feb 2025SRQ - DEN
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WiFi on the flight was not working. Thus, entertainment options were limited.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Gate agents were informative and friendly… flight attendants were as well. Had a fun time chatting about their legacy AirTran experiences as a former fan of the airline that Southwest acquired.

Flight was awfully bumpy and landing was a bit jolting. I was in the restroom when snacks and drinks were served and was not asked if i wanted any. I had to ask for water finally.

Wi Fi was horrible kept cutting out the whole time and too expensive

I really like open seating. I hate that I've heard this is going away. This is one of the unique things that makes Southwest my goto choice.

Boarding was a little late, but made up for it. It was quick to taxi to the runway, since it's a smallish airport.

Excellent! Only question is how we check in at exactly 24 hours in advance and end up at the end of the B boarding group

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

Delta is a premier airline so my expectations are most always met.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

Zero updates from the pilots for 30 minutes in the tarmac

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

I loved having a most black flight crew during Black History Month; rather by design or accident I appreciated the representation. ❤️

This was the second flight this week with flight attendant Marcus I’m not sure if his last name is Lane or Lang but this guy is awesome. He funny, attentive and his service is 5 stars. Marcus makes business travel more enjoyable !

Although the flight left late, we arrived early. It was one of the quickest boarding and off boarding experiences I’ve had. It was kind of annoying the only drinks they had were water, coffee, and tea. The flight was very smooth, temperature was just right, and flight attendants were friendly.

Lower number on this flight so spaced out passengers. Able to enjoy more room to relax during flight. It was lovely.

Kind staff. Snacks are small but that’s the new normal.

The young man who was our flight attendant in first class was lazy and did not do his job well at all. Never offered drinks upon boarding - actually I take that back... said "are you okay with water" as if I do not want to get you anything else, only passed the snacks around once, got my drink order wrong and then never offered a second round of drinks. He was the worst I have ever seen on Delta and we fly a lot.

Delays took 2hours and thirty minutes making me miss my connecting flight and make me sit in the Chicago airport for 9 hours

Had a short delay once we boarded the aircraft in Chicago, but it was fixed in no time flat then we were on our way. The pilot was able to make up the time lost and we landed 5 minute later then schedualed . Great service

Pilot Erika DeLong made us feel safe and at ease in a frankly scary time to be flying. Her warm smile and greeting and excellent command of the aircraft in foggy bumpy weather helped us all to calm our nerves and get us home safely.

I don’t understand the purpose of the orange “priority” tag on my bag. This tagged, my bag is last or near to the last bag to come down the carousel at IAH.

The tv monitor in front of my seat was not responding. The flight crew reset it and it still didn’t work.

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

Terrible. First of all we were delayed 4 3/4 hours departing Honolulu. As we had to leave our condo and the rental car had to be returned we had to go to the airport. Even though we had a business class boarding pass to Washington, since we did not have business class to Montreal we could not access the lounge without paying a $59 fee each. This does not make sense to us. Since we could not meet our original connection United booked us to Montreal via New York LaGuardia on Air Canada. In Washington a further delay got us into LaGuardia too late to make our connection to Montreal so we were booked on another Air Canada flight 3 hours later. We were originally scheduled to arrive in Montreal at 10:40 and arrived at 19:55. A totally exhausting day, United did not offer a meal voucher or any type of compensation. Air Canada did give us a digital meal voucher. The food in United business class is poor among all meals offered. The pods look nice but are not that confortable. Overall would not fly on United again.

Plenty of room for me and the cat in Premium Economy. Seat was comfortable. Boarding was a breeze. The lady at the special check-in desk was great, super helpful and professional.

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

I didn’t like anything, being platinum pro get you absolutely nowhere and does not increase the customer service treatment whatsoever anymore. My flight was canceled and they put me on a flight eight hours later that would’ve got me back in the middle of the night. They could’ve easily move me up to an hour Prior on an earlier flight. My second flight was unreasonable to take, the third flight was also canceled due to mechanical issues like the first flight. I don’t know what’s going on with American, but they are falling apart, after seven flight changes I finally got home, Unreasonable.

Awkward carry on process. Forced to check all carry on. No overhead space of worthiness. Left delayed, but made up the time. Crew was amicable.

Standard. No different than a discount carrier on a short trip.

At least it was a short flight. Greyhound with wings.

They have lost any customer service care and support. Terrible airline now and been for awhile.

April was the flight attendant in first class and was the most pleasant, cordial and efficient person I have seen on a flight in years. Good example of the type of people AA should hire to increase customer satisfacdtion.

Everything was great. Boarding, early departure, early arrival, and deplaning were smooth. Smooth flight.

Two flight changes before the scheduled flight. On the day of the flight, the flight was delayed, which caused the connecting flight to be missed. Then, I was directed to another airport (CUN) and traveled to Tulum. American gave a $12 voucher for lunch. The least expensive item on the menu at a Mexican restaurant was $9.99. Driving to Tulum was a bad auto crash, and traffic was delayed two-plus hours. The bottom line is that we should have been at the hotel at noon, but it ended up at 11:30 PM.

The flight was delayed leaving Miami. When we arrived in Charlotte, we were unable to park at our scheduled gate. We had to wait another 30-45 minutes before we could park at a different gate. All in all, we were delayed by almost two hours arriving in Charlotte.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Surprising everything went well. Nice attendants and fast getting on and off the plane. Overall, was happy with the experience.

Friendly staff put me at ease with processes, since this was my first time. I would recommend flying on Spirit!

I lijed the friendliness of the crew and that we were on time.

There should be a “Ticketing/Check In” section. A Spirit employee helped us operate the self-serve check-in kiosk, and he was very helpful. However, the ticket agent was another story. She took our (2) checked bags, but when placing them on the conveyor, dropped one of them - it fell over on the conveyor and broke the retractable handle. Two pieces of the handle broke away and landed behind the counter. She knew what had happened, but chose to ignore and moved on to the next person in line.

Pl meed tp make proper accom for all pets and owners by placing them on a section to accommodate human animal allergies and give up a few seats YWS ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD BE MADEBY THE AIRLINES and not pushed off to another paying customer that has to sit in fear or by being touched by someone elses animal.

hassled about bringing my laptop on in addition to my backpack...people boarding with real luggage were not stopped but I was which was ridiculous....zero comfort on board and everything is extra. Last time flying spirit not worth it

A passenger got into a verbal altercation with the flight attendant, who neither de-escalated nor acted professionally. Because of this, we had to go back to the gate for the person to be kicked off the flight. It delayed us 75 minutes.

Our experience was not a good one. Our flight got cancelled and was not given any accommodations due to the inconvenience. We lost time on our vacation due to this inconvenience

Helpful flight attendant. Awful legroom. Airline should be required by law to offer people a glass of water.

They are very particular about size of the bag. Mine is small bag and has wheels. Bag wheel edges are bit outside of the measurements bucket. They charged $99 as carryon bagage

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