Cleveland-Hopkins International in July 2026

72.4%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,736 domestic departures from Cleveland-Hopkins International (CLE). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 4.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so CLE departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 3,564 departures with 73.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at CLE that month were on time 67.1% of the time (3,735 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 26%.

On time 73.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 4.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	CLE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	72.4%	73.4%	79.3%	68.8%
Arrived on time	73.7%	72.5%	77.7%	69.4%
Cancelled	4.2%	3.8%	2.3%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	22.4 min	16.7 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	125	119	111	21,066
Scheduled departures	3,736	3,564	40,516	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	804	22%	78.0%	10.7 min	2.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	573	15%	70.2%	14.0 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	508	14%	75.8%	5.7 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	416	11%	77.4%	6.2 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	402	11%	81.1%	3.4 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	395	11%	67.8%	20.1 min	11.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	251	7%	73.3%	17.9 min	2.8%
OH PSA Airlines	149	4%	50.3%	47.3 min	14.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	112	3%	67.0%	8.4 min	15.2%
MQ Envoy Air	65	2%	72.3%	7.6 min	6.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	61	2%	68.9%	13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CLE–ORD	Cleveland to Chicago	399	71.9%	14.3 min	5.8%
CLE–ATL	Cleveland to Atlanta	320	74.7%	5.5 min	2.5%
CLE–MCO	Cleveland to Orlando	195	74.4%	11.8 min	3.1%
CLE–DEN	Cleveland to Denver	185	80.0%	1.7 min	1.1%
CLE–EWR	Cleveland to Newark	177	61.0%	29.8 min	10.2%
CLE–CLT	Cleveland to Charlotte	152	72.4%	6.5 min	2.6%
CLE–BOS	Cleveland to Boston	146	68.5%	12.1 min	9.6%
CLE–DFW	Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth	138	76.1%	14.5 min	0.7%
CLE–DCA	Cleveland to Washington	136	53.7%	45.3 min	12.5%
CLE–FLL	Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale	134	85.8%	-6.4 min	3.0%
CLE–DTW	Cleveland to Detroit	127	77.2%	16.9 min	0.8%
CLE–IAD	Cleveland to Washington	120	75.0%	32.8 min	4.2%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.7%	31.7%	18,810
Late-arriving aircraft	38.6%	41.8%	28,246
National Aviation System	29.8%	19.9%	21,808
Extreme weather	5.6%	6.5%	4,070
Security	0.2%	0.1%	177

73,111 delay minutes on 809 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 July 2026?

72.4% of 3,736 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 73.4% of 3,564 departures left on time and 3.8% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 4.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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