On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Cleveland-Hopkins International in August 2024

77.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,609 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 3,800 departures with 76.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 70.8% of the time (3,612 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 27%.

Every scheduled departure from CLE in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time77.9%76.5%79.3%75.4%
Arrived on time77.7%77.1%77.7%74.7%
Cancelled3.5%2.2%2.3%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.1 min20.3 min16.7 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day12012711120,634
Scheduled departures3,6093,80040,516619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines71520%85.9%-1.7 min1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines55215%69.0%12.3 min4.2%
WN Southwest Airlines44912%83.1%3.4 min1.1%
AA American Airlines37911%71.5%17.0 min3.2%
YX Republic Airline35710%76.5%1.4 min9.5%
DL Delta Air Lines3349%85.3%-0.3 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air1965%69.4%25.8 min9.2%
OH PSA Airlines1925%70.8%15.8 min4.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines1203%80.0%17.3 min1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines1023%73.5%7.2 min4.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways822%74.4%33.1 min4.9%
MQ Envoy Air752%84.0%-1.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLE–ATLCleveland to Atlanta26884.7%-0.3 min1.1%
CLE–LGACleveland to New York24669.1%12.0 min13.4%
CLE–ORDCleveland to Chicago24283.5%2.8 min0.0%
CLE–PHLCleveland to Philadelphia19363.7%32.3 min5.2%
CLE–DENCleveland to Denver17781.4%1.4 min0.0%
CLE–BOSCleveland to Boston17080.0%15.0 min3.5%
CLE–CLTCleveland to Charlotte16672.3%15.8 min4.2%
CLE–JFKCleveland to New York16074.4%14.1 min8.8%
CLE–MCOCleveland to Orlando15370.6%11.8 min3.3%
CLE–EWRCleveland to Newark15078.0%1.9 min8.0%
CLE–DFWCleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth13980.6%8.6 min0.0%
CLE–DTWCleveland to Detroit13979.1%15.6 min2.2%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier31.3%33.8%17,005
Late-arriving aircraft37.2%39.8%20,220
National Aviation System27.4%20.4%14,901
Extreme weather3.8%5.9%2,046
Security0.3%0.1%180
54,352 delay minutes on 671 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 August 2024?

77.9% of 3,609 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 76.5% of 3,800 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 3.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.