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Airport Reliability

CLE · Cleveland

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

82%
Departures within 15 minutes
13 min
Average departure delay
77%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 45,182 departures and 45,376 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from CLE departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from CLE arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 76%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from CLE arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

When CLE gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(1809 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(12707 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(6409 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(7513 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(8361 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(6795 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(389 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(6647 flights)
  • Tue81%(5893 flights)
  • Wed83%(5910 flights)
  • Thu80%(6689 flights)
  • Fri80%(6686 flights)
  • Sat82%(5471 flights)
  • Sun76%(6687 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 76% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%3789
July 202576%3847
August 202583%3845
September 202587%3602
October 202583%3876
November 202580%3539
December 202571%3514
January 202674%3125
February 202682%3115
March 202677%3855
April 202684%3841
May 202685%4035

Airlines departing CLE

Based on 45,182 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.