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Airport month · September 2023

Cleveland-Hopkins International in September 2023

82.0%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,718 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 78.4% of the time (3,719 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 23%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2023Year earlierCLE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time82.0%—79.3%80.5%
Arrived on time81.3%—77.7%80.1%
Cancelled2.4%—2.3%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.7 min—16.7 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day124—11118,978
Scheduled departures3,718—40,516569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines79021%88.9%-3.9 min1.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines52714%68.1%20.8 min1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines43712%88.1%-1.5 min0.5%
AA American Airlines43312%79.2%8.6 min1.2%
YX Republic Airline3118%71.1%11.0 min9.3%
9E Endeavor Air2968%78.4%3.3 min7.1%
NK Spirit Airlines2848%83.8%-0.3 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines1995%95.5%-8.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1424%84.5%-3.1 min2.8%
OH PSA Airlines1103%75.5%12.7 min2.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways812%70.4%35.9 min1.2%
AS Alaska Airlines602%88.3%-12.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLE–ATLCleveland to Atlanta31190.4%-4.1 min0.0%
CLE–ORDCleveland to Chicago23387.6%-2.5 min0.4%
CLE–LGACleveland to New York20473.0%6.4 min9.3%
CLE–JFKCleveland to New York18471.2%5.9 min12.5%
CLE–EWRCleveland to Newark17875.3%10.3 min6.7%
CLE–DFWCleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth17679.0%3.5 min0.6%
CLE–MCOCleveland to Orlando17574.3%6.9 min1.1%
CLE–CLTCleveland to Charlotte17479.3%18.5 min0.6%
CLE–BOSCleveland to Boston15870.9%23.0 min3.8%
CLE–DENCleveland to Denver15493.5%0.6 min0.6%
CLE–MDWCleveland to Chicago13287.1%-2.4 min0.0%
CLE–PHLCleveland to Philadelphia12965.9%25.2 min3.9%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2023Minutes
Air carrier30.4%36.4%15,481
Late-arriving aircraft43.5%38.3%22,125
National Aviation System23.2%19.9%11,777
Extreme weather2.6%5.1%1,347
Security0.2%0.2%112
50,842 delay minutes on 598 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CLE on time in September 2023?

82.0% of 3,718 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.