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Airport month · December 2023
Cleveland-Hopkins International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,348 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 82.1% of the time (3,349 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 86.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.3% | — | 79.3% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 86.7% | — | 77.7% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.6 min | — | 16.7 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 112 | — | 111 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,348 | — | 40,516 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 761 | 23% | 93.7% | -10.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 493 | 15% | 70.6% | 15.9 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 427 | 13% | 85.0% | 0.5 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 381 | 11% | 92.1% | -5.6 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 317 | 9% | 89.9% | -8.2 min | 0.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 251 | 7% | 91.2% | -12.0 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 205 | 6% | 93.2% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 177 | 5% | 71.8% | 14.5 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 141 | 4% | 87.9% | -1.7 min | 1.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 86 | 3% | 84.9% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 69 | 2% | 87.0% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 27 | 1% | 96.3% | -22.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE–ORD | Cleveland to Chicago | 244 | 96.3% | -10.1 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–ATL | Cleveland to Atlanta | 237 | 86.1% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–MCO | Cleveland to Orlando | 220 | 73.6% | 11.8 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–EWR | Cleveland to Newark | 192 | 94.3% | -12.6 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–LGA | Cleveland to New York | 186 | 87.1% | -6.7 min | 1.1% |
| CLE–DEN | Cleveland to Denver | 165 | 90.3% | -10.6 min | 0.6% |
| CLE–FLL | Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale | 154 | 76.6% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–CLT | Cleveland to Charlotte | 146 | 91.1% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–DFW | Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth | 143 | 90.9% | -10.8 min | 0.7% |
| CLE–BOS | Cleveland to Boston | 135 | 89.6% | -4.5 min | 0.7% |
| CLE–JFK | Cleveland to New York | 131 | 83.2% | 0.7 min | 0.8% |
| CLE–TPA | Cleveland to Tampa | 124 | 77.4% | 13.8 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLE on time in December 2023?
84.3% of 3,348 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.