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Route · 12 months to July 2026
Raleigh/Durham to Cleveland: on-time record
Raleigh-Durham International to Cleveland-Hopkins International
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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.
71.0% of scheduled RDU to CLE flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 207 flights between Raleigh/Durham and Cleveland by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 416 miles.
That is 5.0 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 6.1 points below the 77.1% recorded for all departures from RDU. Flights that did arrive were 20.8 min late on average, and 1.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).
Frontier Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 207 flights in the period.
The on-time share is down 15.2 points on the previous 12 months (86.2%); cancellations moved from 1.6% to 1.0%.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 3%.
- On time 71.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.0%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
Airlines on the route compared
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 207 | 100% | 71.0% | 20.8 min | 1.0% |
Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.
Compared with the airports and the nation
| Measure | RDU to CLE | All departures from RDU | All arrivals at CLE | All reported flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 71.0% | 77.1% | 74.5% | 76.0% |
| Arrived 15+ minutes late | 28.0% | 20.4% | 23.2% | 21.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 1.8% |
| Diverted | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Average arrival delay | 20.8 min | 7.8 min | 9.0 min | 8.1 min |
| Delay minutes per 100 flights | 3,079 | 1,715 | 1,717 | 1,684 |
| Scheduled flights | 207 | 55,461 | 40,655 | 7,043,858 |
12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.
The return direction, CLE to RDU, recorded 77.8% on time across 207 flights in the same period.
Month by month
Year on year: on time 71.0% against 86.2% (−15.2 pts), cancelled 1.0% against 1.6%, flights 207 against 189.
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Seasonality
| Calendar month | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg arrival delay | Years in sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | 28.6% | 0.0% | 89.7 min | 2 |
| Feb | 5 | 60.0% | 20.0% | -1.2 min | 1 |
| Mar | 12 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 3.4 min | 1 |
| Apr | 36 | 86.1% | 0.0% | -2.8 min | 3 |
| May | 68 | 72.1% | 1.5% | 15.4 min | 3 |
| Jun | 73 | 74.0% | 4.1% | 11.5 min | 3 |
| Jul | 75 | 76.0% | 1.3% | 5.0 min | 3 |
| Aug | 71 | 77.5% | 5.6% | -3.8 min | 3 |
| Sep | 76 | 71.1% | 2.6% | 8.9 min | 3 |
| Oct | 73 | 91.8% | 1.4% | 2.9 min | 3 |
| Nov | 56 | 85.7% | 0.0% | 20.6 min | 3 |
| Dec | 19 | 68.4% | 0.0% | 10.8 min | 2 |
Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.
Other routes from Raleigh/Durham (RDU)
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU–ATL | Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta | 4,630 | 85.6% | 1.0 min | 1.6% |
| RDU–ORD | Raleigh/Durham to Chicago | 3,654 | 72.1% | 17.0 min | 2.9% |
| RDU–CLT | Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte | 3,045 | 80.8% | 6.0 min | 1.6% |
| RDU–BOS | Raleigh/Durham to Boston | 2,827 | 77.0% | 4.9 min | 2.8% |
| RDU–MCO | Raleigh/Durham to Orlando | 2,704 | 76.3% | 10.8 min | 1.7% |
| RDU–PHL | Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia | 2,604 | 71.5% | 15.3 min | 3.4% |
| RDU–LGA | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 2,595 | 66.1% | 16.6 min | 5.5% |
| RDU–MIA | Raleigh/Durham to Miami | 2,359 | 75.5% | 13.5 min | 1.7% |
All 42 routes and the airport record for RDU · airport record for CLE
Questions and answers
How often are flights from Raleigh/Durham to Cleveland on time?
71.0% of the 207 flights scheduled from RDU to CLE in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.
Which airline has the highest on-time share from RDU to CLE?
Frontier Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.
What causes delays between Raleigh/Durham and Cleveland?
For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 3%, extreme weather 0%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.
What time of day has the highest on-time share from RDU?
Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.
Is it getting better?
The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 71.0%, down 15.2 points on the previous 12 months (86.2%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (91.8%) and September the lowest (71.1%).
Where does this data come from?
Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.