Airport month record
CLENOV
Cleveland Hopkins International in November 2025
- Departures
- 3,237
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 11
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at CLE, see live FAA status.
CLE in November lands a B, level with the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 3,237 flights, of which Southwest Airlines flew 440 at 84.4% on time.
Southwest Airlines is the most reliable of the four carriers covered here at 84.4% on time across 440 flights.
Key figures
On time
78.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,158 completed departures
Avg delay
84 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.35%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
79.6%
CLE across all twelve months
These figures cover 3,237 departures from Cleveland Hopkins International in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to CLE's other months
Against CLE's own year, November ran level with the twelve-month rate of 79.6%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 82.0% on time and December 71.2%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 3,564 | 75.7% | 90 min | 3.84% | B− |
| August 2025 | 3,492 | 81.8% | 76 min | 1.80% | B |
| September 2025 | 3,240 | 85.8% | 82 min | 0.62% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 3,467 | 82.0% | 74 min | 0.46% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 3,237 | 78.8% | 84 min | 2.35% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,252 | 71.2% | 76 min | 3.20% | C− |
| January 2026 | 2,874 | 74.2% | 79 min | 5.32% | C− |
| February 2026 | 2,770 | 81.1% | 82 min | 2.17% | B |
| March 2026 | 3,530 | 76.6% | 93 min | 3.63% | B− |
| April 2026 | 3,498 | 83.7% | 76 min | 1.00% | B |
| May 2026 | 3,745 | 84.4% | 78 min | 0.96% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 3,675 | 78.7% | 83 min | 2.23% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave CLE in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 26 points, against 11 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am809 flights89.5%
- 8am–11am504 flights84.1%
- 11am–2pm506 flights79.0%
- 2pm–5pm687 flights75.3%
- 5pm–8pm538 flights67.4%
- 8pm–5am193 flights63.2%
Scale runs 55% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 63.2% on time, against 89.5% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 809 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 83.8% on time and Sunday the weakest at 71.3%. 13 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at CLE in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Southwest Airlines arrives on time 84.4% of the time; Frontier Airlines manages 73.4%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 504 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 691 | 81.6% | 78 min | 1.45% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 504 | 73.4% | 92 min | 0.60% | C+ |
| Republic Airways | 468 | 78.1% | 76 min | 4.27% | B− |
| Southwest Airlines | 440 | 84.4% | 68 min | 0.91% | B+ |
| American Airlinesthin sample | 274 | 84.8% | 86 min | 1.09% | B |
| Delta Air Linesthin sample | 238 | 89.2% | 95 min | 2.52% | A |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 191 | 60.3% | 103 min | 3.66% | D− |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 158 | 70.9% | 101 min | 6.33% | C− |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 150 | 73.8% | 67 min | 6.00% | C− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 64 | 77.8% | 76 min | 1.56% | B |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 33 | 87.1% | 52 min | 6.06% | A− |
Republic Airways cancels 4.3% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of CLE in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE to ORD · Chicago | 401 | 73.7% | 68 min | 7.98% | C− |
| CLE to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 263 | 84.4% | 81 min | 2.28% | B |
| CLE to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 198 | 72.4% | 87 min | 3.03% | C− |
| CLE to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 190 | 69.9% | 98 min | 3.68% | C− |
| CLE to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 175 | 79.8% | 116 min | 1.14% | B |
| CLE to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 158 | 80.8% | 64 min | 1.27% | B |
| CLE to DEN · Denverthin sample | 152 | 89.4% | 71 min | 0.66% | A+ |
| CLE to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 148 | 77.0% | 119 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLE to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 137 | 53.8% | 86 min | 3.65% | F− |
| CLE to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 130 | 81.7% | 108 min | 2.31% | B |
| CLE to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 102 | 78.2% | 70 min | 0.98% | B+ |
| CLE to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 93 | 77.2% | 98 min | 1.08% | B |
| CLE to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 87 | 82.8% | 78 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLE to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 84 | 85.2% | 59 min | 3.57% | A− |
| CLE to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 83 | 89.2% | 46 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CLE to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 82 | 75.3% | 124 min | 1.22% | B |
| CLE to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 82 | 86.1% | 88 min | 2.44% | A |
| CLE to MIA · Miamithin sample | 79 | 78.5% | 61 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLE to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 75 | 85.3% | 56 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CLE to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 64 | 76.6% | 65 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| CLE to TPA · Tampathin sample | 64 | 73.0% | 108 min | 1.56% | C |
| CLE to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 60 | 90.0% | 23 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CLE to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 59 | 93.2% | 35 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CLE to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 59 | 91.5% | 90 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| CLE to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 54 | 85.2% | 53 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held CLE up in November
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 56,000 reported delay minutes.
- 34%Late-arriving aircraft
- 33%National Airspace System
- 30%Carrier
- 2%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
33% of delay minutes are charged to the National Airspace System: air traffic volume, runway configuration, ground stops. No carrier can price its way out of that, which is why airport choice moves the number here more than carrier choice does. That is 19,000 minutes out of 56,000, against a national NAS share of 27%. The split is drawn from 55,815 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.35% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.09%.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 7.8% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from CLE in November
For a November trip through CLE: expect 78.8% on time and 2.35% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE), the whole year
- CLE in July75.7%
- CLE in August81.8%
- CLE in September85.8%
- CLE in October82.0%
- CLE in December71.2%
- CLE in January74.2%
- CLE in February81.1%
- CLE in March76.6%
- CLE in April83.7%
- CLE in May84.4%
- CLE in June78.7%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.