Route profile
MIA→CLE
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Miami to Cleveland, 1,080 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 15% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 2,405 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
MIA → CLE arrives on time 68.8% of the time; the return trip, CLE → MIA, arrives on time 78.9% of the time, a 10.1-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
MIA → CLE spends 34.4 minutes on the ground on a 1,080-mile trip: 22.5 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at MIA and 11.9 minutes from touchdown to gate at CLE.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
This route has stayed remarkably steady year over year, a smaller swing than 98% of 5,368 comparable routes.
71.3% on time over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), against 71.4% in the 12 months before (2024-08 to 2025-07), virtually unchanged.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 5,368 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where MIA to CLE differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
Sunday is the day MIA to CLE slips furthest against routes of similar length, 59.9% on time where they average 73.1%, 13.2 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 14.9 points.
In August, MIA to CLE runs 14.8 points below routes of similar length, 59.4% on time to 74.2%. Against all other routes the gap is 17.1 points.
American Airlines’ flights on MIA to CLE arrive on time 64.6% of the time, 9.4 points below the 74.0% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 10.5 points.
MIA to CLE against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday: Sunday | 59.9% | routes of similar length | 73.1% | −13.2 pts | 374 here, 428,761 there |
| Month: August | 59.4% | routes of similar length | 74.2% | −14.8 pts | 165 here, 231,439 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 64.6% | routes of similar length | 74.0% | −9.4 pts | 1,088 here, 609,253 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,080 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
63 min late
against a median of 2 min early
MIA → CLE has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 2 min early, but the worst tenth are 65 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 2,405 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at CLE after arriving from MIA.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 47% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 30% | Likely to miss |
| 60 min | 20% | High risk |
| 90 min | 10% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 5.9% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.21% of the time and diverts 0.37% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,367 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 63 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,405 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
MIA → CLE flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 83.7% of the time, against 63.7% for 9 PM–5 AM departures, a gap of 20.0 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 1 PM: too few flights to score
- 2 PM: 74.2% on time from 261 flights
- 3 PM: 70.8% on time from 158 flights
- 4 PM: too few flights to score
- 5 PM: 70.5% on time from 147 flights
- 6 PM to 7 PM: too few flights to score
- 8 PM: 63.4% on time from 427 flights
- 9 PM: 63.9% on time from 792 flights
- 10 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why MIA → CLE runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
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 MIA → CLE. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on MIA → CLE, at 46.4%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 83.7% of the time and 9 PM–5 AM departures 63.7%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,102 | 64.6% | 0.91% | 2 min | 12.1% |
| Frontier Airlines | 712 | 71.1% | 2.11% | -6 min | 11.4% |
| Envoy Air | 367 | 77.3% | 1.09% | -5 min | 4.7% |
| Spirit Airlines | 211 | 69.5% | 0.00% | 0 min | 10.0% |
American Airlines flew 46.1% of the 2,392 flights listed. Frontier Airlines cancelled 2.11% of its flights here against 0.00% for Spirit Airlines.
Envoy Air arrived on time 12.7 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA363 American Airlines | 9:00 PM | 600 | 65.1% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 17.4 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 65.6%
- Feb: 78.6%
- Mar: 62.0%
- Apr: 66.1%
- May: 64.6%
- Jun: 68.4%
- Jul: 60.5%
- Aug: 59.4%
- Sep: 76.3%
- Oct: 79.8%
- Nov: 78.9%
- Dec: 70.4%
August is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 20.4 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 71.3% against 71.4% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,405 MIA → CLE flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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