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Airport month · October 2023

Cleveland-Hopkins International in October 2023

86.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,877 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 84.7% of the time (3,877 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 11%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2023Year earlierCLE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time86.1%—79.3%83.8%
Arrived on time86.9%—77.7%84.0%
Cancelled0.3%—2.3%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.3 min—16.7 min11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day129—11119,966
Scheduled departures3,877—40,516598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines82921%94.1%-10.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines56114%74.0%12.5 min1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines48913%86.1%0.3 min0.0%
AA American Airlines46012%86.1%3.5 min0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines3309%84.2%-0.2 min0.6%
9E Endeavor Air2918%93.1%-7.7 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline2567%89.5%-4.8 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines2356%94.0%-9.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines1343%82.1%4.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1243%87.1%19.2 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways842%83.3%-0.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air521%76.9%1.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLE–ATLCleveland to Atlanta31689.9%-4.6 min0.3%
CLE–ORDCleveland to Chicago23388.4%-6.6 min0.0%
CLE–LGACleveland to New York21893.6%-7.1 min0.0%
CLE–MCOCleveland to Orlando21682.9%-0.9 min1.9%
CLE–CLTCleveland to Charlotte19089.5%6.8 min0.0%
CLE–EWRCleveland to Newark18194.5%-12.4 min0.0%
CLE–DENCleveland to Denver17087.6%-9.7 min0.0%
CLE–BOSCleveland to Boston16285.2%-1.7 min0.0%
CLE–JFKCleveland to New York16288.3%-2.3 min0.0%
CLE–DFWCleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth15481.2%0.8 min1.9%
CLE–MDWCleveland to Chicago14287.3%-1.7 min0.0%
CLE–DCACleveland to Washington13482.1%4.2 min0.0%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2023Minutes
Air carrier43.5%41.3%16,610
Late-arriving aircraft43.3%40.5%16,556
National Aviation System11.2%14.4%4,282
Extreme weather1.9%3.7%742
Security0.0%0.2%18
38,208 delay minutes on 494 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 October 2023?

86.1% of 3,877 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.