John Glenn Columbus
Black car service in Columbus
The short run from CMH to downtown is the easy part.
| Route | Off-peak | Peak | Sedan | SUV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMH → Downtown | 12–18 min | 22–35 min | $125.00 | $170.00 |
| CMH → Short North | 15–20 min | 25–35 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| CMH → Easton | 12–18 min | 22–35 min | Quoted | Quoted |
| By the hour | 3-hour minimum | from $120/hr | Quoted | |
Weekday afternoon examples from our quote engine, Oct 2026, including the 20% chauffeur gratuity, tolls, parking, airport fees, surcharges and taxes. Your quote is confirmed in writing and held for 72 hours.
The airport access fee is shown on its own line and already in the total.
Sedan: up to 3 passengers and 3 bags. SUV: up to 6 passengers and 6 bags.
Booking in Columbus
The short run from CMH to downtown is the easy part. Dublin, Easton and New Albany are where most of the day actually happens. Chauffeured sedans and SUVs across Columbus — a central airport minutes from downtown, a corporate base built on insurance, retail and research, and suburban business districts that carry as much executive travel as the city centre does. Booked and managed by Executive Black Car, driven by vetted local operators who work these roads every day.
- Gratuity and airport fees included
- Rate agreed in writing, no surge pricing
- Free cancellation up to 2 hours before pickup
- Free waiting: 60 minutes at airports, 15 minutes elsewhere
Booking for someone else
- With a corporate account, confirmation and chauffeur details go to you and, if you want, the traveller
- Cost centre or PO on the invoice, with a corporate account
- One monthly invoice across all 27 cities — open a corporate account
Travelling yourself
- Meet-and-greet at arrivals; your flight is tracked, so early and late landings are handled
- One number, answered 24/7: 1-866-EXEC230
Every operator must hold
- Licensed and permitted for the city and its airports
- $1M combined single limit, certificate on file naming Karfis Enterprises LLC
- Background and driving-record checks, attested
- Two vehicle classes, the same in every city
Choose your trip
CMH airport transfers
Arrivals, winter timing and the runs to Easton and Dublin
Corporate & roadshows
Downtown days, the Dublin and New Albany campuses
Private aviation
The CMH FBOs, Bolton Field, OSU Airport and Rickenbacker
Hotel transfers
Downtown, the Short North, Easton and Dublin
Events & venues
Ohio Stadium, the Arena District and the theatres
Universities & campuses
Ohio State, Wexner and the regional colleges
Columbus airports
John Glenn Columbus International (CMH)
A single terminal with three concourses, close to the city and modest enough in scale that arrivals are genuinely quick. The baggage claim and the arrivals kerb sit on the same level and the walk is short, which makes CMH among the easier airports in the midwest to be collected from. We meet inside and track the inbound aircraft.
Single terminal · Close to downtown · Meet & greet
Private aviation
Columbus handles its private traffic through the FBOs at John Glenn, the university airfield on the north-west side, and the larger cargo and executive field to the south. Corporate flight departments in the region use these routinely. For private arrivals we work from the tail number and coordinate with the FBO directly. Tell us the field and the FBO when you book and we will confirm coverage before you travel.
FBO ramp pickups · Crew coordination
Where we work in Columbus
Downtown & the Arena District
Easy to drive; event nights are the constraint. The government, legal and corporate core, with the convention centre and the arena immediately north of it. Event nights at the arena and the ballpark are the main constraint.
The Short North & Grandview
We work from the side streets, not High Street. The hotel, restaurant and gallery district running north from downtown along High Street, and increasingly where visiting executives prefer to stay. High Street itself is congested and difficult to stop on through the evening, so we work from the side streets.
Easton & New Albany
Easton is among the shortest reliable transfers in the market. Easton is a large mixed commercial district north-east of the city with hotels, offices and retail in one place, and it sits unusually close to the airport — among the shortest reliable transfers in the market.
Dublin, Polaris & the outerbelt
Predictable journeys: the outerbelt does the work. The northern and north-western suburbs hold a substantial share of the region’s corporate headquarters and office parks. Journeys here are predictable and the outerbelt does the work, which makes recurring executive travel straightforward to schedule.
The university & the region
Home game weekends change traffic across the north side. The university drives conference, faculty and event travel through the year, and home game weekends change traffic across the whole north side of the city.
Typical journey times to John Glenn Columbus International
Columbus is one of the more straightforward markets we work. Winter weather is the main variable, and we build allowance for it rather than assuming clear roads.
| From | Approx. distance | Off-peak | Allow in peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown | 7 miles | 12–18 min | 22–35 min |
| Short North | 8 miles | 15–20 min | 25–35 min |
| Easton | 8 miles | 12–18 min | 22–35 min |
| Dublin | 20 miles | 25–32 min | 40–55 min |
| New Albany | 16 miles | 22–30 min | 35–50 min |
| Polaris | 18 miles | 25–30 min | 40–55 min |
Hotels, venues and campuses we run to
Hotel transfers in Columbus
High Street through the Short North is congested and difficult to stop on through the evening, so we work from the side streets. Easton sits unusually close to the airport — among the shortest reliable transfers in the market.
Events & venues in Columbus
Ohio Stadium on a home football Saturday moves more than a hundred thousand people and reshapes traffic across the entire north side. Those dates are worth naming at booking.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh are all routine long-distance runs quoted per trip. Winter weather is the variable — we build real allowance into every airport booking from November.
- Greater Columbus Convention Center
- Nationwide Arena
- Ohio Stadium
- Lower.com Field
- Ohio Theatre
- Palace Theatre
- COSI
- Columbus Zoo
Culture, dining and the region
- Easton Town Center
- Short North Arts District
- German Village
- New Albany
- Cleveland
- Cincinnati
- Indianapolis
- Pittsburgh
Universities & campuses in Columbus
The OSU campus and its medical centre share approaches, so a game day and a clinic appointment are a poor combination. Nationwide Children’s sits south of downtown with its own access.
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