On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Cleveland-Hopkins International in February 2025

81.5%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,789 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 2,966 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 78.1% of the time (2,789 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 27%.

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

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

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time81.5%87.6%79.3%79.2%
Arrived on time75.2%88.3%77.7%77.9%
Cancelled2.2%0.6%2.3%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.5 min7.7 min16.7 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day939911116,830
Scheduled departures2,7892,96640,516504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines65924%82.4%1.0 min0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines52219%66.1%12.7 min3.3%
WN Southwest Airlines35913%82.7%-3.4 min0.6%
YX Republic Airline32812%80.5%-2.0 min3.7%
AA American Airlines32011%75.0%9.0 min1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines2047%75.5%11.1 min0.5%
OH PSA Airlines1254%44.8%42.3 min15.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines963%81.3%3.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air843%71.4%6.2 min1.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways432%67.4%13.7 min4.7%
NK Spirit Airlines251%56.0%19.8 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines241%70.8%0.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CLE–ORDCleveland to Chicago26081.9%6.2 min0.0%
CLE–ATLCleveland to Atlanta23074.3%4.5 min0.4%
CLE–EWRCleveland to Newark16878.0%3.6 min3.0%
CLE–MCOCleveland to Orlando16175.8%6.8 min2.5%
CLE–LGACleveland to New York14876.4%7.5 min4.1%
CLE–CLTCleveland to Charlotte13480.6%0.8 min2.2%
CLE–DFWCleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth12563.2%14.7 min1.6%
CLE–DCACleveland to Washington12345.5%42.6 min15.4%
CLE–RSWCleveland to Fort Myers12179.3%1.8 min2.5%
CLE–FLLCleveland to Fort Lauderdale12075.0%7.8 min0.0%
CLE–TPACleveland to Tampa10662.3%13.5 min5.7%
CLE–DENCleveland to Denver10175.2%2.9 min0.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier27.2%33.9%12,083
Late-arriving aircraft33.5%36.9%14,902
National Aviation System35.7%22.5%15,870
Extreme weather3.7%6.6%1,637
Security0.0%0.1%0
44,492 delay minutes on 625 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 February 2025?

81.5% of 2,789 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.6% of 2,966 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 2.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

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