Cleveland-Hopkins International in March 2025

82.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,499 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 3,415 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 78.8% of the time (3,506 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 25%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	82.6%	80.9%	79.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	82.5%	80.2%	77.7%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.8%	2.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	14.9 min	16.7 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	117	114	111	20,029
Scheduled departures	3,499	3,415	40,516	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	733	21%	87.9%	-5.3 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	641	18%	74.1%	4.8 min	2.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	484	14%	84.1%	-0.3 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	445	13%	85.4%	-2.2 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	365	10%	83.8%	-1.3 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	253	7%	87.7%	-4.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	174	5%	69.0%	13.9 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	128	4%	85.9%	2.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	120	3%	78.3%	1.4 min	2.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	69	2%	87.0%	-0.9 min	1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	2%	83.9%	5.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	25	1%	72.0%	5.7 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	335	83.9%	0.8 min	1.8%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	272	87.9%	-3.7 min	0.4%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	216	81.0%	2.6 min	1.4%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	185	82.2%	1.8 min	1.1%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	164	86.0%	-1.6 min	1.8%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	153	84.3%	1.7 min	1.3%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	147	83.0%	-4.2 min	1.4%
CLE–RSW	Cleveland to Fort Myers	141	75.9%	3.5 min	1.4%
CLE–TPA	Cleveland to Tampa	138	75.4%	4.7 min	2.9%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	135	68.9%	10.7 min	4.4%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	134	83.6%	-3.8 min	1.5%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	121	87.6%	-4.2 min	0.8%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.5%	33.0%	9,572
Late-arriving aircraft	40.8%	39.2%	15,932
National Aviation System	30.5%	21.9%	11,910
Extreme weather	4.2%	5.9%	1,640
Security	0.0%	0.1%	8

39,062 delay minutes on 561 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 March 2025?

82.6% of 3,499 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 80.9% of 3,415 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 1.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

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