Cleveland-Hopkins International in March 2026

74.6%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,530 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 74.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.5% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 3,499 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −8.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 67.6% of the time (3,538 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 73.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	74.6%	82.6%	79.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	73.5%	82.5%	77.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.6%	1.3%	2.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.4 min	12.3 min	16.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	118	117	111	20,403
Scheduled departures	3,530	3,499	40,516	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	750	21%	84.3%	-0.6 min	1.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	688	19%	71.1%	13.1 min	3.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	486	14%	73.9%	5.4 min	1.9%
YX Republic Airline	394	11%	70.8%	8.8 min	5.8%
AA American Airlines	369	10%	75.6%	13.4 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	245	7%	55.5%	40.3 min	11.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	241	7%	81.7%	1.7 min	4.6%
MQ Envoy Air	174	5%	63.8%	19.3 min	5.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	75	2%	72.0%	38.9 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	50	1%	68.0%	26.1 min	6.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	1%	41.9%	37.5 min	9.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	1%	37.0%	24.0 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	446	67.0%	21.8 min	4.7%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	270	78.5%	1.5 min	5.6%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	235	74.0%	11.8 min	2.6%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	178	82.6%	-2.4 min	1.1%
CLE–RSW	Cleveland to Fort Myers	170	82.4%	-3.3 min	1.2%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	160	65.0%	23.0 min	5.6%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	150	77.3%	11.3 min	2.7%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	143	71.3%	22.6 min	2.1%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	138	44.9%	45.9 min	13.0%
CLE–TPA	Cleveland to Tampa	138	78.3%	-1.3 min	1.4%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	133	76.7%	9.3 min	0.0%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	117	63.2%	12.9 min	12.8%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.5%	33.5%	18,806
Late-arriving aircraft	44.4%	39.3%	32,808
National Aviation System	23.1%	21.0%	17,042
Extreme weather	6.7%	5.9%	4,937
Security	0.3%	0.2%	218

73,811 delay minutes on 794 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 March 2026?

74.6% of 3,530 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 82.6% of 3,499 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 74.6% and 3.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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