Cleveland-Hopkins International in January 2025

80.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,924 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.5% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 3,107 departures with 73.3% leaving on time: a change of +7.5 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 77.3% of the time (2,927 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 74.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.3%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from CLE in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	80.8%	73.3%	79.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	74.5%	71.3%	77.7%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.2%	5.4%	2.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	21.2 min	16.7 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	98	104	111	17,992
Scheduled departures	2,924	3,107	40,516	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	690	24%	83.3%	-2.5 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	499	17%	65.1%	15.8 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	378	13%	79.9%	-2.7 min	2.6%
YX Republic Airline	365	12%	78.4%	0.9 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	352	12%	71.6%	19.5 min	3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	214	7%	70.6%	17.1 min	2.8%
OH PSA Airlines	135	5%	59.3%	14.5 min	9.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	120	4%	73.3%	11.3 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	81	3%	79.0%	14.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	35	1%	60.0%	14.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	51.6%	20.2 min	3.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	24	1%	70.8%	8.0 min	4.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	258	84.5%	7.8 min	0.8%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	237	70.9%	13.7 min	3.8%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	188	81.4%	-4.7 min	1.6%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	171	75.4%	3.9 min	0.6%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	149	72.5%	18.3 min	2.7%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	145	74.5%	3.0 min	0.7%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	133	64.7%	23.4 min	6.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	128	60.9%	11.1 min	10.9%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	126	72.2%	4.1 min	0.0%
CLE–RSW	Cleveland to Fort Myers	110	78.2%	1.6 min	0.0%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	107	68.2%	7.7 min	2.8%
CLE–TPA	Cleveland to Tampa	95	63.2%	20.4 min	2.1%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.3%	36.2%	18,392
Late-arriving aircraft	28.6%	34.7%	13,392
National Aviation System	26.5%	19.9%	12,430
Extreme weather	5.6%	9.1%	2,635
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

46,849 delay minutes on 681 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 January 2025?

80.8% of 2,924 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 73.3% of 3,107 departures left on time and 5.4% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 2.2% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.