Cleveland-Hopkins International in May 2026

84.4%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,745 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 3,583 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.1 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 79.0% of the time (3,741 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	84.4%	80.3%	79.3%	77.1%
Arrived on time	83.4%	78.7%	77.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.9%	2.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	16.2 min	16.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	125	119	111	20,391
Scheduled departures	3,745	3,583	40,516	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	818	22%	88.6%	0.1 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	608	16%	82.1%	3.7 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	472	13%	81.1%	2.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	453	12%	80.4%	2.1 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	422	11%	84.6%	-3.7 min	2.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	364	10%	89.0%	-7.8 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	207	6%	72.0%	23.4 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	173	5%	82.1%	7.5 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	95	3%	83.2%	6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	88	2%	81.8%	0.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	45	1%	64.4%	14.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	468	78.2%	10.9 min	2.1%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	311	81.7%	-2.3 min	1.3%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	210	89.0%	3.2 min	0.0%
CLE–LGA	Cleveland to New York	185	81.1%	-3.3 min	2.7%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	182	89.6%	-1.9 min	1.6%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	161	86.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	154	82.5%	6.1 min	0.0%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	147	74.8%	0.3 min	2.7%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	140	84.3%	2.1 min	0.0%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	139	68.3%	29.2 min	2.2%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	126	90.5%	-10.3 min	0.8%
CLE–TPA	Cleveland to Tampa	107	86.0%	3.0 min	0.9%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.2%	33.0%	12,251
Late-arriving aircraft	44.5%	40.4%	20,083
National Aviation System	27.1%	20.5%	12,202
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.0%	567
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

45,103 delay minutes on 576 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 May 2026?

84.4% of 3,745 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 80.3% of 3,583 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 1.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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