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Airport month · December 2025
Cleveland-Hopkins International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,252 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 73.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.9% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 3,219 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 69.2% of the time (3,271 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 68.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.9%
- Cancelled 3.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.3% | 79.1% | 79.3% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 68.9% | 76.9% | 77.7% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 3.2% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.7 min | 13.9 min | 16.7 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 108 | 107 | 111 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,252 | 3,219 | 40,516 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA United Airlines | 696 | 21% | 78.0% | 7.0 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 516 | 16% | 63.4% | 21.0 min | 3.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 481 | 15% | 65.5% | 12.5 min | 6.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 456 | 14% | 77.9% | 7.7 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 281 | 9% | 75.4% | 3.1 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 265 | 8% | 74.0% | 8.9 min | 4.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 182 | 6% | 54.4% | 33.5 min | 9.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 158 | 5% | 53.2% | 37.7 min | 7.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 107 | 3% | 53.3% | 22.3 min | 6.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 58 | 2% | 53.4% | 27.7 min | 6.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 29 | 1% | 20.7% | 49.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 23 | 1% | 65.2% | 28.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE–ORD | Cleveland to Chicago | 361 | 63.4% | 19.0 min | 4.7% |
| CLE–ATL | Cleveland to Atlanta | 271 | 74.9% | 7.1 min | 4.8% |
| CLE–EWR | Cleveland to Newark | 192 | 68.2% | 11.4 min | 5.2% |
| CLE–MCO | Cleveland to Orlando | 173 | 69.4% | 15.9 min | 0.6% |
| CLE–LGA | Cleveland to New York | 172 | 63.4% | 18.0 min | 7.6% |
| CLE–DEN | Cleveland to Denver | 166 | 76.5% | 7.5 min | 0.6% |
| CLE–DFW | Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth | 146 | 77.4% | 2.5 min | 1.4% |
| CLE–BOS | Cleveland to Boston | 140 | 64.3% | 14.7 min | 4.3% |
| CLE–CLT | Cleveland to Charlotte | 139 | 69.8% | 11.9 min | 2.2% |
| CLE–DCA | Cleveland to Washington | 119 | 54.6% | 40.5 min | 7.6% |
| CLE–BNA | Cleveland to Nashville | 94 | 80.9% | 9.1 min | 1.1% |
| CLE–FLL | Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale | 92 | 76.1% | 13.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CLE on time in December 2025?
73.3% of 3,252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 79.1% of 3,219 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 73.3% and 3.2% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.