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Route Reliability

Raleigh–Durham → Cleveland

RDU–CLE · 416 miles · Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
220
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Frontier Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 220 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

RDU–CLE flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 50% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday is the weak spot.

RDU–CLE flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays. On Tuesdays: 72%.

Recent months have been rougher.

RDU–CLE flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(43 flights)
  • Tue72%(25 flights)
  • Wed—(4 flights)
  • Thu82%(38 flights)
  • Fri77%(44 flights)
  • Sat76%(21 flights)
  • Sun77%(44 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(3 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(122 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(28 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(32 flights)
  • 6–9 PM50%(32 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
52%
May

Jun 88% → May 52% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%24
July 202589%26
August 202585%26
September 202577%22
October 202583%24
November 202581%26
December 202564%14
March 202667%12
April 202680%15
May 202652%21

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Based on 220 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.