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Airport month · August 2023

Cleveland-Hopkins International in August 2023

76.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,800 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so CLE departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 72.1% of the time (3,800 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 14%.

Every scheduled departure from CLE in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierCLE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time76.5%—79.3%76.7%
Arrived on time77.1%—77.7%76.9%
Cancelled2.2%—2.3%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.3 min—16.7 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day127—11120,100
Scheduled departures3,800—40,516602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines80621%86.4%-2.0 min1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines50613%53.4%38.9 min7.7%
AA American Airlines50513%75.8%19.1 min1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines43211%80.3%4.5 min0.7%
9E Endeavor Air3239%84.2%-1.1 min2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines2757%82.5%3.4 min0.7%
YX Republic Airline2316%81.0%3.7 min2.2%
NK Spirit Airlines2286%68.4%23.2 min1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines1494%85.9%-2.7 min1.3%
OH PSA Airlines1344%79.9%15.0 min1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways892%65.2%11.2 min2.2%
AS Alaska Airlines622%90.3%-6.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLE–ATLCleveland to Atlanta30473.4%16.2 min1.6%
CLE–ORDCleveland to Chicago27381.3%0.9 min2.6%
CLE–LGACleveland to New York22084.1%-5.5 min3.2%
CLE–DFWCleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth20174.6%20.0 min1.0%
CLE–CLTCleveland to Charlotte19869.2%27.8 min2.5%
CLE–DENCleveland to Denver19685.2%2.7 min0.0%
CLE–MCOCleveland to Orlando17967.0%22.0 min3.9%
CLE–BOSCleveland to Boston17470.1%13.5 min1.7%
CLE–JFKCleveland to New York17480.5%-0.6 min2.9%
CLE–EWRCleveland to Newark16284.0%5.3 min1.9%
CLE–MDWCleveland to Chicago13977.7%6.4 min0.7%
CLE–PHLCleveland to Philadelphia12175.2%11.7 min2.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier30.2%36.7%21,500
Late-arriving aircraft48.1%42.2%34,296
National Aviation System14.1%15.7%10,051
Extreme weather5.9%5.1%4,222
Security1.7%0.2%1,181
71,250 delay minutes on 782 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
September 2023 →

Questions and answers

How many flights left CLE on time in August 2023?

76.5% of 3,800 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CLE · methodology · corrections.