Cleveland-Hopkins International in April 2026

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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,498 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 3,413 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 78.2% of the time (3,500 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 29%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	83.5%	86.3%	79.3%	79.1%
Arrived on time	82.8%	84.3%	77.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.9%	2.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	10.4 min	16.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	117	114	111	19,931
Scheduled departures	3,498	3,413	40,516	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	770	22%	87.3%	0.4 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	547	16%	81.9%	2.6 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	469	13%	84.0%	0.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	442	13%	79.0%	4.2 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	424	12%	80.9%	5.8 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	270	8%	90.4%	-9.5 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	226	6%	75.2%	12.8 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	127	4%	72.4%	8.8 min	3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	109	3%	83.5%	2.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	72	2%	91.7%	-7.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	80.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	12	0%	25.0%	38.8 min	16.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	481	71.1%	18.1 min	3.3%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	280	86.4%	-6.5 min	1.4%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	207	84.5%	0.7 min	0.5%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	179	92.7%	-7.7 min	0.0%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	159	76.1%	12.6 min	0.0%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	154	87.7%	-8.3 min	0.0%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	140	85.0%	-0.2 min	0.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	137	70.1%	9.9 min	2.2%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	135	74.1%	9.8 min	2.2%
CLE–PHL	Cleveland to Philadelphia	114	83.3%	10.7 min	0.0%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	112	88.4%	-3.9 min	0.0%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	108	81.5%	-3.3 min	2.8%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.3%	33.5%	12,441
Late-arriving aircraft	38.5%	40.4%	16,350
National Aviation System	30.5%	21.0%	12,982
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.0%	730
Security	0.0%	0.1%	18

42,521 delay minutes on 562 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 April 2026?

83.5% of 3,498 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 86.3% of 3,413 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 1.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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