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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Phoenix

CLEPHX · 1,737 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
933
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines82%244 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines79%314 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines79%375 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLE–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

CLE–PHX flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 76%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 79%.

Trending in the right direction.

CLE–PHX flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
  • Mon79%(134 flights)
  • Tue83%(109 flights)
  • Wed87%(115 flights)
  • Thu77%(132 flights)
  • Fri76%(135 flights)
  • Sat77%(159 flights)
  • Sun82%(138 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(24 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(319 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(49 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(270 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(146 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(67 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM75%(47 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 85% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%65
July 202590%61
August 202586%51
September 202573%45
October 202578%88
November 202578%92
December 202561%79
January 202673%80
February 202680%81
March 202682%98
April 202686%90
May 202686%92

Based on 933 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.