Cleveland-Hopkins International in October 2025

83.5%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,467 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 3,581 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 78.8% of the time (3,496 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 31%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	83.5%	89.3%	79.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.6%	88.8%	77.7%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.1%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	7.4 min	16.7 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	116	119	111	20,195
Scheduled departures	3,467	3,581	40,516	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	815	24%	84.9%	1.6 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	499	14%	83.6%	1.2 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	465	13%	83.2%	3.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	464	13%	73.9%	8.2 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	422	12%	84.1%	12.0 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	269	8%	89.2%	-2.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	155	4%	71.0%	14.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	154	4%	81.2%	1.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	81	2%	70.4%	11.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	77	2%	71.4%	9.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	33	1%	69.7%	9.9 min	6.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	33	1%	75.8%	2.5 min	3.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	440	75.9%	6.3 min	0.5%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	314	89.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	212	68.9%	13.7 min	2.8%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	185	67.0%	22.3 min	0.5%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	179	76.0%	5.5 min	0.0%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	161	85.1%	16.3 min	0.0%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	158	81.6%	1.7 min	0.6%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	158	83.5%	2.5 min	0.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	141	68.8%	15.3 min	0.0%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	135	81.5%	15.9 min	0.7%
CLE–PHL	Cleveland to Philadelphia	118	78.8%	3.6 min	0.8%
CLE–IAD	Cleveland to Washington	112	93.8%	-4.0 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.6%	34.0%	16,212
Late-arriving aircraft	32.9%	39.7%	14,994
National Aviation System	31.2%	22.9%	14,203
Extreme weather	0.1%	3.3%	57
Security	0.2%	0.1%	78

45,544 delay minutes on 619 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 October 2025?

83.5% of 3,467 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 89.3% of 3,581 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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