Cleveland-Hopkins International in September 2025

86.4%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,240 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 3,486 departures with 89.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 84.1% of the time (3,265 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 85.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	86.4%	89.4%	79.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.2%	88.5%	77.7%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.5%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.1 min	7.8 min	16.7 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	108	116	111	18,748
Scheduled departures	3,240	3,486	40,516	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	782	24%	86.3%	1.1 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	448	14%	86.6%	-2.4 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	440	14%	85.5%	-1.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	380	12%	82.4%	14.8 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	323	10%	92.9%	-10.6 min	0.3%
YX Republic Airline	312	10%	84.0%	-0.8 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	177	5%	81.9%	7.5 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	170	5%	82.9%	-0.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	78	2%	56.4%	17.7 min	2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	48	1%	85.4%	-0.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	43	1%	86.0%	5.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	39	1%	94.9%	-15.3 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	403	81.1%	9.5 min	0.2%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	287	94.1%	-11.3 min	0.0%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	172	75.6%	17.5 min	1.2%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	170	68.2%	9.7 min	2.9%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	163	87.7%	-1.1 min	0.6%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	157	86.6%	-1.1 min	1.3%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	79.9%	11.9 min	1.4%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	142	91.5%	-4.8 min	0.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	137	78.1%	12.7 min	1.5%
CLE–PHL	Cleveland to Philadelphia	115	80.0%	1.0 min	0.9%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	110	87.3%	-3.4 min	0.0%
CLE–MDW	Cleveland to Chicago	108	88.0%	-3.8 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.4%	34.3%	12,792
Late-arriving aircraft	36.6%	37.4%	13,641
National Aviation System	27.6%	22.6%	10,256
Extreme weather	1.4%	5.6%	505
Security	0.1%	0.1%	27

37,221 delay minutes on 455 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 September 2025?

86.4% of 3,240 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 89.4% of 3,486 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 86.4% and 0.6% in September 2025.

Provenance

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