Cleveland-Hopkins International in August 2025

81.1%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,492 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 3,609 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 74.5% of the time (3,520 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	81.1%	77.9%	79.3%	76.8%
Arrived on time	80.0%	77.7%	77.7%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	3.5%	2.3%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	16.1 min	16.7 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	116	120	111	20,079
Scheduled departures	3,492	3,609	40,516	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	759	22%	85.5%	0.7 min	1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	542	16%	72.5%	11.3 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	464	13%	84.3%	2.3 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	397	11%	72.5%	14.3 min	2.8%
YX Republic Airline	351	10%	82.1%	2.3 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	344	10%	87.8%	-6.3 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	241	7%	80.1%	7.3 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	150	4%	72.0%	13.3 min	4.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	80	2%	85.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	60	2%	75.0%	10.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	57	2%	61.4%	11.4 min	1.8%
MQ Envoy Air	47	1%	72.3%	12.2 min	4.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	421	77.0%	6.6 min	4.3%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	313	84.3%	-4.7 min	2.9%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	177	74.6%	8.4 min	0.6%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	175	89.7%	-4.3 min	1.1%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	173	79.2%	10.4 min	2.3%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	163	79.8%	9.7 min	1.8%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	147	70.1%	14.3 min	2.7%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	139	68.3%	18.4 min	2.9%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	137	73.0%	12.2 min	4.4%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	121	76.0%	9.6 min	2.5%
CLE–MDW	Cleveland to Chicago	109	85.3%	4.1 min	0.0%
CLE–MSP	Cleveland to Minneapolis	101	85.1%	0.4 min	0.0%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.5%	33.1%	13,909
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	40.5%	19,287
National Aviation System	26.4%	19.2%	12,445
Extreme weather	3.0%	7.0%	1,425
Security	0.1%	0.1%	37

47,103 delay minutes on 623 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 August 2025?

81.1% of 3,492 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 77.9% of 3,609 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 1.8% in August 2025.

Provenance

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