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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Cleveland

PHL–CLE · 363 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
3.9%
Cancelled
1,647
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines78% on time · 1,597 flights
  • Frontier Airlines88% on time · 50 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHL–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PHL–CLE flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

PHL–CLE flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(231 flights)
  • Tue82%(204 flights)
  • Wed84%(224 flights)
  • Thu77%(238 flights)
  • Fri74%(240 flights)
  • Sat78%(197 flights)
  • Sun76%(245 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(265 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(305 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(325 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(288 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(226 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(170 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 67% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%147
July 202565%159
August 202578%159
September 202589%156
October 202582%173
November 202588%97
December 202567%90
January 202681%103
February 202684%99
March 202670%110
April 202687%139
May 202685%147

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Based on 1,647 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.