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Airport month · May 2025
Cleveland-Hopkins International in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,583 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 3,667 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 76.7% of the time (3,593 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, air carrier 32% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.
- On time 78.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.3% | 79.7% | 79.3% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 78.7% | 77.9% | 77.7% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.2 min | 16.4 min | 16.7 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 119 | 122 | 111 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,583 | 3,667 | 40,516 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 821 | 23% | 81.6% | 6.1 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 575 | 16% | 76.9% | 9.6 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 511 | 14% | 75.9% | 8.4 min | 0.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 426 | 12% | 83.6% | 0.0 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 380 | 11% | 82.6% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 339 | 9% | 77.3% | 4.5 min | 2.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 168 | 5% | 59.5% | 54.5 min | 4.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 94 | 3% | 86.2% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 93 | 3% | 77.4% | 4.2 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 73 | 2% | 84.9% | -1.5 min | 1.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 55 | 2% | 67.3% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 48 | 1% | 77.1% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE–ORD | Cleveland to Chicago | 412 | 83.7% | 2.0 min | 0.2% |
| CLE–ATL | Cleveland to Atlanta | 289 | 80.3% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–LGA | Cleveland to New York | 187 | 69.5% | 19.9 min | 2.7% |
| CLE–CLT | Cleveland to Charlotte | 167 | 80.2% | 3.1 min | 2.4% |
| CLE–BOS | Cleveland to Boston | 163 | 82.2% | 2.2 min | 0.6% |
| CLE–DEN | Cleveland to Denver | 160 | 77.5% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–MCO | Cleveland to Orlando | 158 | 77.2% | 1.9 min | 0.6% |
| CLE–DCA | Cleveland to Washington | 142 | 61.3% | 42.9 min | 3.5% |
| CLE–DFW | Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth | 140 | 72.1% | 6.5 min | 2.9% |
| CLE–PHL | Cleveland to Philadelphia | 128 | 72.7% | 28.3 min | 2.3% |
| CLE–IAD | Cleveland to Washington | 124 | 86.3% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| CLE–EWR | Cleveland to Newark | 117 | 46.2% | 76.1 min | 5.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLE on time in May 2025?
80.3% of 3,583 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 79.7% of 3,667 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 0.9% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.