Airport month record

CLEOCT

Cleveland Hopkins International in October 2025

Departures: 3,467
Month: October 2025
National, same month: 79.7%
Carriers: 12

Historical statistics for October 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s October. For today’s conditions at CLE, see live FAA status.

CLE in October lands a B+, 2 points better than the national rate of 79.7%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 3,467 flights, of which United Airlines flew 815 at 85.1% on time.

United Airlines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 85.1% on time across 815 flights.

On time

82.0%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,448 completed departures

Avg delay

74 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.46%

Nationally in October: 0.53%

Whole year

79.6%

CLE across all twelve months

These figures cover 3,467 departures from Cleveland Hopkins International in October 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

October next to CLE's other months

Against CLE's own year, October ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 79.6%, which makes it number four of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for CLE in October, at 0.46% against 2.26% across the year. Either side of it, September ran 85.8% on time and November 78.8%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.

CLE month by month
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 (this page)	3,467	82.0%	74 min	0.46%	B+
November 2025	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 October

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 27 points, against 10 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.

5am–8am834 flights94.2%
8am–11am557 flights91.3%
11am–2pm583 flights79.3%
2pm–5pm699 flights78.8%
5pm–8pm614 flights67.7%
8pm–5am180 flights66.9%

Scale runs 60% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 94.2% of the time, against 66.9% for the overnight window. That is 27 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 834 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 87.4% on time and Monday the weakest at 76.2%. 11 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at CLE in October

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 85.1% of the time; Republic Airways manages 75.4%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 464 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at CLE in October 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
United Airlines	815	85.1%	66 min	0.25%	A+
Frontier Airlines	499	83.7%	72 min	0.00%	B+
Southwest Airlines	465	83.2%	46 min	0.00%	B+
Republic Airways	464	75.4%	68 min	1.94%	B
American Airlines	422	84.9%	146 min	0.47%	B+
Delta Air Linesthin sample	269	89.2%	99 min	0.00%	A+
PSA Airlinesthin sample	155	71.0%	79 min	0.00%	C+
SkyWest Airlinesthin sample	154	81.2%	50 min	0.00%	B+
Envoy Airthin sample	81	70.4%	56 min	0.00%	C+
JetBlue Airwaysthin sample	77	71.4%	61 min	0.00%	C+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	33	74.2%	45 min	6.06%	C−
Spirit Airlinesthin sample	33	78.1%	63 min	3.03%	B−

United leads Republic by 10 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of CLE in October

Routes from CLE in October 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
CLE to ORD · Chicago	440	76.3%	49 min	0.45%	B+
CLE to ATL · Atlantathin sample	314	89.2%	90 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	212	71.2%	70 min	2.83%	C
CLE to EWR · Newarkthin sample	185	67.4%	86 min	0.54%	C+
CLE to BOS · Bostonthin sample	179	76.0%	65 min	0.00%	B+
CLE to CLT · Charlottethin sample	161	85.1%	187 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to DEN · Denverthin sample	158	82.2%	48 min	0.63%	B+
CLE to MCO · Orlandothin sample	158	83.5%	70 min	0.00%	B+
CLE to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	141	68.8%	78 min	0.00%	C+
CLE to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	135	82.7%	153 min	0.74%	B+
CLE to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample	118	79.5%	56 min	0.85%	B+
CLE to IAD · Washingtonthin sample	112	93.8%	75 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	98	87.8%	85 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to MDW · Chicagothin sample	94	83.0%	53 min	0.00%	B+
CLE to BWI · Baltimorethin sample	92	81.5%	34 min	0.00%	B+
CLE to DTW · Detroitthin sample	89	94.4%	73 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	89	78.4%	40 min	0.00%	B+
CLE to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	82	82.9%	79 min	0.00%	B+
CLE to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	76	94.7%	31 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample	69	86.8%	57 min	1.45%	A
CLE to IAH · Houstonthin sample	62	91.9%	51 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to JFK · New Yorkthin sample	61	88.3%	131 min	1.64%	A
CLE to STL · St. Louisthin sample	58	94.8%	56 min	0.00%	A+
CLE to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	55	100.0%	—	0.00%	A+
CLE to MIA · Miamithin sample	54	88.9%	100 min	0.00%	A+

Delay causes

What held CLE up in October

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 46,000 reported delay minutes.

Carrier
36%
Late-arriving aircraft
33%
National Airspace System
31%
Security
0%
Extreme weather
0%

The largest share of delay minutes, 36%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. Unlike weather, that is a management outcome, and it is the category where the gap between two carriers on the same schedule is genuinely earned. It accounts for 16,000 of the 46,000 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 45,544 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.46%, below the national 0.53% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.

6.1% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.3%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from CLE in October

For a October trip through CLE: expect 82.0% on time and 0.46% cancelled, going by October 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE), the whole year
CLE in July75.7%
CLE in August81.8%
CLE in September85.8%
CLE in November78.8%
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.

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