Cleveland-Hopkins International in September 2024

89.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,486 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 89.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 3,718 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of +7.4 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 84.3% of the time (3,487 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	89.4%	82.0%	79.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	88.5%	81.3%	77.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	2.4%	2.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	14.7 min	16.7 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	116	124	111	19,421
Scheduled departures	3,486	3,718	40,516	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	712	20%	93.7%	-8.6 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	521	15%	79.1%	5.6 min	2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	433	12%	91.5%	-4.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	389	11%	94.1%	-9.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	381	11%	83.2%	2.8 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	279	8%	90.3%	-3.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	187	5%	81.3%	6.9 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	168	5%	92.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	152	4%	92.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	91	3%	90.1%	-7.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	63	2%	85.7%	0.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	2%	80.6%	-0.2 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	311	90.0%	-4.3 min	0.0%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	267	86.5%	2.5 min	0.0%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	239	93.3%	-7.2 min	0.0%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	175	92.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	162	92.6%	-7.1 min	0.0%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	155	84.5%	7.4 min	1.3%
CLE–JFK	Cleveland to New York	150	92.0%	-8.9 min	0.0%
CLE–PHL	Cleveland to Philadelphia	149	75.8%	9.1 min	0.7%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	144	89.6%	-4.3 min	0.0%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	142	82.4%	3.6 min	0.0%
CLE–DTW	Cleveland to Detroit	140	92.1%	-2.5 min	0.0%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	136	79.4%	1.2 min	1.5%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.9%	38.6%	7,070
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	38.4%	12,489
National Aviation System	21.3%	18.2%	5,393
Extreme weather	1.6%	4.8%	395
Security	0.1%	0.1%	13

25,360 delay minutes on 382 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CLE on time in September 2024?

89.4% of 3,486 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 82.0% of 3,718 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 89.4% and 0.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

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