Cleveland-Hopkins International in October 2024

89.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,581 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.8% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 3,877 departures with 86.1% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 86.0% of the time (3,577 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 88.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	86.1%	79.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.8%	86.9%	77.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.3%	2.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	11.3 min	16.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	119	129	111	20,517
Scheduled departures	3,581	3,877	40,516	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	782	22%	92.3%	-7.9 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	546	15%	77.7%	-1.8 min	6.2%
AA American Airlines	410	11%	84.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	410	11%	96.1%	-12.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	400	11%	90.3%	-4.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	258	7%	96.5%	-11.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	189	5%	92.1%	-2.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	178	5%	93.8%	-3.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	177	5%	82.5%	2.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	81	2%	79.0%	5.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	2%	83.9%	-2.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	56	2%	94.6%	-16.5 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	322	86.6%	-0.4 min	0.0%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	282	91.8%	-6.3 min	0.4%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	251	94.4%	-7.6 min	0.0%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	179	87.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	158	85.4%	3.9 min	0.0%
CLE–JFK	Cleveland to New York	157	99.4%	-16.4 min	0.0%
CLE–PHL	Cleveland to Philadelphia	153	76.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	151	92.7%	-10.6 min	0.0%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	145	92.4%	-9.6 min	0.0%
CLE–DTW	Cleveland to Detroit	145	94.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	81.9%	-3.9 min	0.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	142	87.3%	-0.8 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	42.7%	9,392
Late-arriving aircraft	37.9%	37.4%	8,772
National Aviation System	19.9%	16.3%	4,596
Extreme weather	1.7%	3.4%	382
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

23,150 delay minutes on 362 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 October 2024?

89.3% of 3,581 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.1% of 3,877 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 1.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

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