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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Washington

CLEIAD · 287 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,471
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 1,471 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLE–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 73% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLE–IAD flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 79%.

Trending in the right direction.

CLE–IAD flights arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(208 flights)
  • Tue87%(208 flights)
  • Wed87%(200 flights)
  • Thu87%(206 flights)
  • Fri88%(210 flights)
  • Sat90%(211 flights)
  • Sun79%(208 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(349 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(363 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(264 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(119 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(356 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 81% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%143
July 202577%119
August 202590%119
September 202590%120
October 202593%124
November 202589%118
December 202573%120
January 202678%114
February 202685%110
March 202686%123
April 202696%119
May 202693%122

Based on 1,471 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.