Cleveland-Hopkins International in December 2024

79.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,219 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 3,348 departures with 84.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 76.9% of the time (3,220 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.4%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.1%	84.3%	79.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	76.9%	86.7%	77.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.4%	2.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	12.6 min	16.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	107	112	111	19,686
Scheduled departures	3,219	3,348	40,516	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	616	19%	84.7%	-2.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	559	17%	66.7%	11.9 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	432	13%	74.8%	5.8 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	387	12%	79.1%	2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	364	11%	76.6%	3.5 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	246	8%	81.7%	2.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	202	6%	80.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	129	4%	73.6%	10.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	125	4%	69.6%	21.1 min	2.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	65	2%	72.3%	23.8 min	3.1%
MQ Envoy Air	39	1%	79.5%	-7.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	29	1%	96.6%	-18.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	249	76.7%	10.1 min	0.0%
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	243	83.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	222	77.5%	4.2 min	0.0%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	160	78.1%	0.0 min	0.0%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	157	87.9%	-6.1 min	0.0%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	157	69.4%	11.1 min	3.2%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	155	75.5%	6.5 min	0.0%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	140	77.1%	15.2 min	1.4%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	134	70.9%	5.1 min	3.0%
CLE–JFK	Cleveland to New York	134	70.9%	7.6 min	1.5%
CLE–DTW	Cleveland to Detroit	127	79.5%	3.2 min	0.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	118	72.0%	15.8 min	2.5%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	34.3%	13,084
Late-arriving aircraft	37.9%	40.2%	16,328
National Aviation System	28.6%	17.8%	12,332
Extreme weather	2.9%	7.5%	1,262
Security	0.2%	0.2%	93

43,099 delay minutes on 722 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 December 2024?

79.1% of 3,219 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 84.3% of 3,348 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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