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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Cleveland

SFO–CLE · 2,161 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
588
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 588 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, against 84% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

SFO–CLE flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Mondays. On Thursdays: 81%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 588 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

SFO–CLE flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(88 flights)
  • Tue87%(74 flights)
  • Wed90%(81 flights)
  • Thu81%(87 flights)
  • Fri91%(88 flights)
  • Sat87%(78 flights)
  • Sun85%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(78 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(147 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(92 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(77 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(191 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 88% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%60
July 202583%60
August 202581%57
September 202597%57
October 202592%76
November 202593%59
December 202589%53
January 202685%34
February 202685%27
March 202687%31
April 202687%30
May 202676%41

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Based on 588 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.