Cleveland-Hopkins International in January 2026

75.1%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,874 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.1% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 2,924 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 70.7% of the time (2,876 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 70.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from CLE in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.1%	80.8%	79.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	70.1%	74.5%	77.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	5.3%	2.2%	2.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	14.6 min	16.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	96	98	111	18,133
Scheduled departures	2,874	2,924	40,516	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	604	21%	79.8%	0.7 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	432	15%	73.4%	2.0 min	8.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	409	14%	57.2%	26.0 min	2.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	377	13%	82.8%	-4.1 min	2.7%
AA American Airlines	262	9%	65.6%	20.6 min	8.4%
OH PSA Airlines	246	9%	58.1%	13.5 min	19.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	224	8%	76.3%	5.8 min	3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	159	6%	57.2%	40.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	86	3%	61.6%	13.8 min	4.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	1%	51.6%	33.0 min	6.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	23	1%	39.1%	25.1 min	13.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	21	1%	66.7%	-3.9 min	14.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	318	67.3%	14.4 min	2.8%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	233	74.7%	10.7 min	3.9%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	191	82.2%	-3.3 min	6.8%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	158	65.8%	22.0 min	0.6%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	135	65.2%	6.3 min	11.1%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	131	45.8%	28.6 min	19.8%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	129	61.2%	7.9 min	15.5%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	122	76.2%	1.8 min	1.6%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	111	70.3%	3.0 min	3.6%
CLE–DTW	Cleveland to Detroit	109	62.4%	40.2 min	0.0%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	106	62.3%	10.6 min	9.4%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	94	67.0%	13.2 min	7.4%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.7%	37.3%	20,436
Late-arriving aircraft	30.5%	35.0%	16,985
National Aviation System	25.3%	18.0%	14,072
Extreme weather	7.5%	9.6%	4,159
Security	0.0%	0.1%	26

55,678 delay minutes on 702 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 January 2026?

75.1% of 2,874 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 80.8% of 2,924 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 5.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.