Cleveland, OH · Airport profile
CLE
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
80.9% of departures from CLE arrived on time across 126,883 flights, July 2023 – July 2026. The weakest hour is 10 PM, at 63.0%. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for the most delay minutes.
CLE right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.
UpdatedForecast issued 05:23Z.
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Airport reliability
Departures from CLE, July 2023 – July 2026.
Better than 40% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)
Calculated from 126,883 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
Why flights are cancelled at CLE
Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.
Extreme weather accounts for 54.2% of cancelled departures from CLE — about 1 in every 95 scheduled departures. That is 5 points lower than the 59.5% recorded across every airport FlyerIntel covers.
Share of cancellations
Of 2,460 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
1,334 cancellations, 54.2% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
691 cancellations, 28.1% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
434 cancellations, 17.6% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
1 cancellation, <0.1% of the total.
2,460 of 126,883 scheduled departures from CLE were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 2,460 were recorded at CLE.
Why flights run late at CLE
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from CLE.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from CLE. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Of the 20,177 departures from CLE that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 63% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 37% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; CLE’s is the 27th highest.
The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into CLE just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from CLE and does not rate the airport.
An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What weather costs at CLE
Departures from CLE by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.
13.7% of scheduled departures from CLE left in an hour of bad weather. 3.8% of them were cancelled, against 1.6% in normal conditions, and 69.9% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 82.6%. Those hours held 27% of all cancelled departures. That is about 373 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.
Cancellations were highest in fog hours: 5.5% of 687 departures, 3.4 times the normal rate.
Airlines filed 54% of CLE’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 27% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.
By weather
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Weather at the airport | Departures | Cancelled | Left on time | Arrived on time | Avg. departure delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 92,66273.1% of all | 1.6% | 82.6% | 82.6% | 10.5 min |
| Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 17,31413.7% of all | 3.8%2.3 times normal | 76.1% | 69.9%12.7 points below normal | 18.6 min |
| MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles | 20,28516.0% of all | 2.4%1.5 times normal | 81.7% | 79.9%2.7 points below normal | 12.0 min |
| IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles | 6,8155.4% of all | 3.7%2.3 times normal | 78.0% | 71.5%11.1 points below normal | 16.0 min |
| LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile | 3,2722.6% of all | 3.0%1.8 times normal | 77.4% | 70.7%11.9 points below normal | 20.2 min |
| Thunderstorma thunderstorm reported at the airport | 1,5961.3% of all | 4.5%2.8 times normal | 58.1% | 57.4%25.2 points below normal | 37.1 min |
| Snow or icesnow, snow grains, ice pellets, freezing rain or freezing drizzle | 7,2375.7% of all | 5.5%3.4 times normal | 74.1% | 60.0%22.6 points below normal | 21.3 min |
| Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport | 6870.5% of all | 5.5%3.4 times normal | 79.1% | 66.7%15.9 points below normal | 25.5 min |
| Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport | 5950.5% of all | 4.0%2.5 times normal | 60.9% | 59.3%23.3 points below normal | 33.6 min |
| High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more | 2,9452.3% of all | 5.4%3.3 times normal | 71.0% | 66.6%16.0 points below normal | 25.7 min |
| Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet | 6,4855.1% of all | 2.2% | 82.6% | 79.3%3.3 points below normal | 13.7 min |
| Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles | 6,3145.0% of all | 4.4%2.7 times normal | 74.2% | 64.8%17.8 points below normal | 21.9 min |
A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored.
This is the weather reported at CLE in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 99.9% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Which airlines hold up in bad weather at CLE
Cancellations by airline in hours of bad weather at CLE, against the other carriers in the same months, July 2023 – July 2026.
14% of the weather-matched departures from CLE left in an hour of bad weather at the airport. 3.8% of them were cancelled. That is 2.3 times the 1.6% in normal hours. No one carrier holds most of them; 8 airlines have enough to compare.
Compared with the other carriers at CLE in the same months, Southwest Airlines (1.7% cancelled against 4.2% for the others; below them in normal hours too) cancelled the fewest in bad weather and PSA Airlines (11.7% cancelled against 3.9% for the others; above them in normal hours too) the most. 3 more airlines are also clearly apart from the others.
Airlines in bad weather at CLE
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers | Normal hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 2,23113% of bad-weather | 1.7%below the others | 4.2% | 0.4%others 1.8% |
| United Airlines | 3,76222% of bad-weather | 2.0%below the others | 4.2% | 0.9%others 1.8% |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,3028% of bad-weather | 2.0%below the others | 4.1% | 1.1%others 1.8% |
| SkyWest Airlines | 7444% of bad-weather | 3.0% | 4.2% | 1.2%others 1.7% |
| American Airlines | 1,93711% of bad-weather | 3.2% | 3.7% | 1.8%others 1.6% |
| Frontier Airlines | 2,78616% of bad-weather | 3.5% | 3.8% | 2.0%others 1.6% |
| Republic Airways | 2,06412% of bad-weather | 7.7%above the others | 3.3% | 2.8%others 1.4% |
| PSA Airlines | 8625% of bad-weather | 11.7%above the others | 3.9% | 4.5%others 1.4% |
Best first. The other carriers’ column applies their rate in each month to the airline’s own departures, so a stormy month is not held against it; the normal-hours column gives the same pair outside bad weather.
The 8 listed airlines flew 91% of the bad-weather departures at CLE; a carrier under 500 is not listed. The comparison does not hold the hour of the day, the destination or the aircraft fixed, and a gap counts as clear only at 2 standard errors and 0.3 points. SkyWest Airlines, Republic Airways and PSA Airlines fly for mainline airlines and are counted as carriers of their own here, though they share the airport’s gates, its de-icing and often its decisions to cancel.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Turning aircraft around at CLE
Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at CLE, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.
The median turn at CLE is scheduled for 55 minutes on the ground and takes 61 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. The 6 minutes by which the typical turn runs over its schedule are about what it is across all airports.
When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (15,832 turns here, 59 minutes late on average), 67% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 74% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 9% did (all airports 11%).
Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 66% finished in the schedule and 74% leaving late. At these turn lengths CLE looks like the network on both counts: late turns are finished in the schedule, and lateness passed on, about as often as elsewhere.
Turns at CLE against all airports
82,651 turns, July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | CLE | All airports | All airports, same turn lengths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median scheduled turn | 55 min | 56 min | — |
| Median actual turn | 61 min | 63 min | — |
| Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late | 19% | 19% | — |
| Late turns finished within the schedule | 67% | 68% | 66% |
| Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 74% | 72% | 74% |
| On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 9% | 11% | — |
The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at CLE, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.
A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at CLE with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 82,651 turns are 65% of the flights that left CLE in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.
What sets CLE apart
Where CLE’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.
Flights scheduled to leave CLE at 10 AM arrive on time 88.3% of the time, 5.4 points better than the 82.9% for that hour at the other airports.
10 PM is where CLE falls furthest behind the rest: 63.0% of its 10 PM departures arrive on time, 8.9 points below the 71.9% for that hour elsewhere.
May treats CLE better than it treats the rest of the country: 81.1% on time against 75.5% elsewhere, 5.6 points ahead.
January is CLE’s hardest month against the field, 75.3% on time to 78.8% elsewhere, 3.5 points short.
United Airlines does better out of CLE than anywhere else it flies: 86.3% on time here, 79.7% on its other departures, 6.6 points apart.
Alaska Airlines’ departures from CLE arrive on time 73.7% of the time, 5.2 points worse than the 78.9% the same airline manages at its other airports.
Taxi-out at CLE averages 15.8 minutes, 2.9 minutes less than the 18.7 minutes elsewhere.
CLE against the other airports
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | CLE | Elsewhere | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 10 AM departures | 88.3% | 82.9% | +5.4 pts | 6,718 here, 1,113,492 elsewhere |
| Hour: 10 PM departures | 63.0% | 71.9% | −8.9 pts | 243 here, 479,557 elsewhere |
| Month: May | 81.1% | 75.5% | +5.6 pts | 10,846 here, 1,476,487 elsewhere |
| Month: January | 75.3% | 78.8% | −3.5 pts | 8,508 here, 1,281,283 elsewhere |
| Airline: United Airlines | 86.3% | 79.7% | +6.6 pts | 26,896 here, 2,355,674 elsewhere |
| Airline: Alaska Airlines | 73.7% | 78.9% | −5.2 pts | 1,462 here, 799,615 elsewhere |
| Taxi-out: Departures | 15.8 min | 18.7 min | −2.9 min | 124,499 here, 17,505,610 elsewhere |
"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with CLE’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.
Best time to fly from CLE
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 88.7% of the time, against 67.7% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 21.0 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.
Wednesday 6–7 AM was the most reliable slot at CLE (92.8% on time, 2,301 flights) and Sunday 8–9 PM the least (61.7%, 566 flights).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 8.0 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 2.0 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–64
- 65–69
- 70–74
- 75–79
- 80–84
- 85–89
- 90–94
- Most reliable slot
- Least reliable slot
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures before 5 AM and after 10 PM (264 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM–6 AM | 87.6% on time805 flights | 90.7% on time634 flights | 90.0% on time615 flights | 90.7% on time789 flights | 89.8% on time826 flights | 87.0% on time641 flights | 90.0% on time683 flights |
| 6 AM–7 AM | 90.4% on time2,453 flights | 91.7% on time2,311 flights | 92.8% on time2,301 flights | 89.9% on time2,441 flights | 89.7% on time2,448 flights | 89.7% on time2,137 flights | 90.0% on time2,225 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 88.1% on time1,789 flights | 90.1% on time1,586 flights | 89.7% on time1,640 flights | 85.9% on time1,753 flights | 88.8% on time1,781 flights | 85.1% on time1,767 flights | 86.4% on time1,837 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 85.5% on time1,247 flights | 86.8% on time1,118 flights | 90.0% on time1,179 flights | 86.6% on time1,269 flights | 85.8% on time1,257 flights | 84.8% on time1,247 flights | 84.5% on time1,286 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 87.8% on time865 flights | 85.6% on time840 flights | 89.3% on time836 flights | 86.5% on time832 flights | 84.9% on time842 flights | 85.4% on time744 flights | 84.9% on time773 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 88.3% on time1,047 flights | 89.3% on time939 flights | 90.9% on time943 flights | 88.0% on time1,062 flights | 87.8% on time1,055 flights | 87.1% on time727 flights | 86.6% on time1,050 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 85.1% on time1,103 flights | 86.0% on time1,056 flights | 89.2% on time1,068 flights | 84.4% on time1,115 flights | 84.0% on time1,106 flights | 84.0% on time874 flights | 82.9% on time1,027 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 82.0% on time925 flights | 84.8% on time880 flights | 85.9% on time891 flights | 84.1% on time898 flights | 77.6% on time954 flights | 82.7% on time903 flights | 80.5% on time898 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 76.2% on time880 flights | 81.8% on time836 flights | 83.7% on time843 flights | 78.7% on time886 flights | 77.1% on time881 flights | 79.4% on time765 flights | 75.3% on time855 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 77.9% on time1,150 flights | 81.3% on time1,040 flights | 80.7% on time1,084 flights | 79.5% on time1,095 flights | 76.2% on time1,133 flights | 82.2% on time980 flights | 74.7% on time1,111 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 75.5% on time912 flights | 81.1% on time814 flights | 81.1% on time841 flights | 78.1% on time907 flights | 73.2% on time897 flights | 74.9% on time761 flights | 72.4% on time889 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 74.3% on time1,269 flights | 79.3% on time1,221 flights | 77.7% on time1,211 flights | 73.5% on time1,281 flights | 73.5% on time1,265 flights | 75.0% on time1,107 flights | 71.3% on time1,252 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 73.1% on time1,437 flights | 73.2% on time1,292 flights | 74.9% on time1,262 flights | 69.0% on time1,393 flights | 68.7% on time1,405 flights | 74.0% on time1,084 flights | 65.6% on time1,338 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 69.2% on time1,072 flights | 75.1% on time960 flights | 71.3% on time1,008 flights | 66.1% on time1,053 flights | 68.6% on time1,068 flights | 71.2% on time986 flights | 65.0% on time1,125 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 71.7% on time1,334 flights | 75.8% on time1,131 flights | 72.1% on time1,158 flights | 68.7% on time1,315 flights | 67.5% on time1,307 flights | 65.8% on time712 flights | 64.0% on time1,371 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 61.7% on time514 flights | 67.0% on time468 flights | 67.6% on time408 flights | 65.5% on time546 flights | 64.8% on time503 flights | 66.1% on time287 flights | 61.7% on time566 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 62.0% on time318 flights | 70.2% on time180 flights | 79.2% on time176 flights | 67.0% on time341 flights | 69.5% on time339 flights | 73.0% on time256 flights | 65.3% on time422 flights |
By departure window
All days combinedBy departure hour
All days combined- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 89.4% on time from 4,993 flights
- 6 AM: 90.6% on time from 16,316 flights
- 7 AM: 87.7% on time from 12,153 flights
- 8 AM: 86.2% on time from 8,603 flights
- 9 AM: 86.4% on time from 5,732 flights
- 10 AM: 88.3% on time from 6,823 flights
- 11 AM: 85.1% on time from 7,349 flights
- 12 PM: 82.5% on time from 6,349 flights
- 1 PM: 78.8% on time from 5,946 flights
- 2 PM: 78.8% on time from 7,593 flights
- 3 PM: 76.6% on time from 6,021 flights
- 4 PM: 74.9% on time from 8,606 flights
- 5 PM: 71.1% on time from 9,211 flights
- 6 PM: 69.4% on time from 7,272 flights
- 7 PM: 69.4% on time from 8,328 flights
- 8 PM: 64.7% on time from 3,292 flights
- 9 PM: 68.4% on time from 2,032 flights
- 10 PM: 63.0% on time from 262 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What parking will cost
Estimated from CLE's own published rates.
Estimated cost
Choose a facility and both dates to see an estimate.
Rates as published by the airport, last read 2026-08-31. Confirm before you travel.
Source: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · An estimate from published standard rates. Airports vary surcharges, oversize vehicle fees and event pricing, so confirm the price with the airport before you travel.
What to expect at CLE
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
- 12 AM: fewer than one departure a day
- 1 AM: no departures
- 2 AM: no departures
- 3 AM: no departures
- 4 AM: no departures
- 5 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 6 AM: about 14 departures a day
- 7 AM: about 11 departures a day
- 8 AM: about 8 departures a day
- 9 AM: about 5 departures a day
- 10 AM: about 6 departures a day
- 11 AM: about 7 departures a day
- 12 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 1 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 2 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 3 PM: about 5 departures a day
- 4 PM: about 8 departures a day
- 5 PM: about 8 departures a day
- 6 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 7 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 8 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 9 PM: about 2 departures a day
- 10 PM: fewer than one departure a day
- 11 PM: no departures
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 14 departures a day, against roughly 2 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here: early banks fly aircraft that spent the night on the ground rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.2 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 75.3% on time
- Feb: 82.5% on time
- Mar: 80.4% on time
- Apr: 84.3% on time
- May: 81.1% on time
- Jun: 77.5% on time
- Jul: 74.9% on time
- Aug: 80.4% on time
- Sep: 86.1% on time
- Oct: 86.4% on time
- Nov: 84.4% on time
- Dec: 78.8% on time
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 11.5 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Airlines at CLE
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 27,228 | 86.3% | 1.05% | -10 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 19,901 | 72.3% | 2.27% | -5 min |
| Southwest Airlines WN | 16,140 | 83.3% | 0.68% | -7 min |
| American Airlines AA | 14,238 | 79.1% | 1.89% | -7 min |
| Republic Airways YX | 14,080 | 82.7% | 3.56% | -10 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 10,118 | 86.8% | 1.17% | -12 min |
| PSA Airlines OH | 5,672 | 73.4% | 5.62% | -7 min |
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 5,469 | 79.3% | 1.57% | -9 min |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 4,229 | 85.3% | 2.91% | -14 min |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 3,161 | 77.1% | 1.55% | -7 min |
| JetBlue B6 | 2,597 | 77.7% | 2.27% | -8 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 2,565 | 75.5% | 2.61% | -6 min |
| Alaska Airlines AS | 1,485 | 73.7% | 1.48% | -3 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from CLE
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Most reliable
Least reliable
Busiest routes
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Only routes with at least 10,000 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
- July 2023: 71.8% on time from 3,686 flights
- August 2023: 78.9% on time from 3,800 flights
- September 2023: 83.5% on time from 3,718 flights
- October 2023: 87.2% on time from 3,877 flights
- November 2023: 86.5% on time from 3,553 flights
- December 2023: 87.2% on time from 3,348 flights
- January 2024: 75.5% on time from 3,107 flights
- February 2024: 88.9% on time from 2,966 flights
- March 2024: 81.0% on time from 3,415 flights
- April 2024: 83.9% on time from 3,335 flights
- May 2024: 79.3% on time from 3,667 flights
- June 2024: 77.6% on time from 3,723 flights
- July 2024: 74.9% on time from 3,802 flights
- August 2024: 80.7% on time from 3,609 flights
- September 2024: 89.0% on time from 3,486 flights
- October 2024: 89.8% on time from 3,581 flights
- November 2024: 87.6% on time from 3,196 flights
- December 2024: 77.4% on time from 3,219 flights
- January 2025: 76.2% on time from 2,924 flights
- February 2025: 77.0% on time from 2,789 flights
- March 2025: 83.7% on time from 3,499 flights
- April 2025: 85.3% on time from 3,413 flights
- May 2025: 79.6% on time from 3,583 flights
- June 2025: 76.0% on time from 3,507 flights
- July 2025: 75.7% on time from 3,564 flights
- August 2025: 81.8% on time from 3,492 flights
- September 2025: 85.8% on time from 3,240 flights
- October 2025: 82.0% on time from 3,467 flights
- November 2025: 78.8% on time from 3,237 flights
- December 2025: 71.2% on time from 3,252 flights
- January 2026: 74.2% on time from 2,874 flights
- February 2026: 81.1% on time from 2,770 flights
- March 2026: 76.6% on time from 3,530 flights
- April 2026: 83.7% on time from 3,498 flights
- May 2026: 84.4% on time from 3,745 flights
- June 2026: 78.7% on time from 3,675 flights
- July 2026: 77.3% on time from 3,736 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from CLE arrived on time 79.7% of the time, against 81.6% in the 12 months before — declining by 1.9 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
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Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 126,883 departures from CLE. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
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Latest observation for CLE: METAR KCLE 180751Z 19004KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A3049 RMK AO2 SLP346 T00280011 $ (issued ).