Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) delays & on-time performance
Cleveland, Ohio · 39 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at CLE right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
931 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
81 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 40,516 departures from CLE; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into CLE were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (69%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (91% on time); around 8pm did worst (63%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%).
Most delayed routes from CLE
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SEA · Seattle63%456 flts
- DCA · Washington65%1,611 flts
- ORD · Chicago75%4,867 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth76%1,621 flts
- LGA · New York76%1,796 flts
- PHX · Phoenix77%988 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas77%991 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia78%1,001 flts
- BOS · Boston79%1,650 flts
- DTW · Detroit79%1,065 flts
Most reliable routes from CLE
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAH · Houston91%824 flts
- IAD · Washington87%1,046 flts
- SFO · San Francisco87%579 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis85%644 flts
- BWI · Baltimore85%970 flts
- ATL · Atlanta85%3,410 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%760 flts
- BNA · Nashville84%1,040 flts
- MDW · Chicago83%1,110 flts
- JFK · New York83%676 flts
Best airline at CLE
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 88% | 1.8% | 10 min | 5 | 3,519 |
| United Airlines | 85% | 0.9% | 13 min | 11 | 8,866 |
| Southwest Airlines | 82% | 0.7% | 11 min | 14 | 5,428 |
| Republic Airways | 80% | 4.8% | 16 min | 10 | 4,893 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 2.0% | 21 min | 9 | 4,401 |
| Frontier Airlines | 76% | 1.8% | 21 min | 22 | 6,392 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 75% | 2.2% | 26 min | 3 | 2,008 |
| JetBlue | 75% | 3.8% | 20 min | 3 | 841 |
| Spirit Airlines | 73% | 4.2% | 22 min | 4 | 283 |
| Envoy Air | 72% | 3.9% | 20 min | 5 | 1,138 |
| PSA Airlines | 69% | 7.6% | 35 min | 4 | 2,291 |
| Alaska Airlines | 63% | 1.8% | 20 min | 1 | 456 |
Best time to fly out of CLE
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%1,614 flts
- 6am91%5,085 flts
- 7am87%4,081 flts
- 8am87%2,939 flts
- 9am84%1,626 flts
- 10am86%2,166 flts
- 11am83%1,851 flts
- 12pm80%2,129 flts
- 1pm78%1,948 flts
- 2pm79%2,432 flts
- 3pm78%2,362 flts
- 4pm73%3,106 flts
- 5pm68%2,577 flts
- 6pm66%2,092 flts
- 7pm67%2,795 flts
- 8pm63%1,170 flts
- 9pm71%501 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.