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Route Reliability

Washington → Cleveland

IAD–CLE · 287 miles · Washington Dulles International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,469
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 1,469 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAD–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAD–CLE flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 79%.

Ticking up lately.

IAD–CLE flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon85%(207 flights)
  • Tue83%(204 flights)
  • Wed86%(200 flights)
  • Thu81%(208 flights)
  • Fri87%(210 flights)
  • Sat89%(211 flights)
  • Sun79%(207 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(353 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(360 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(378 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(356 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 76% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%143
July 202576%119
August 202587%119
September 202589%120
October 202590%124
November 202591%117
December 202575%119
January 202683%113
February 202683%109
March 202681%123
April 202692%119
May 202689%122

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Based on 1,469 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.