Flights Charlotte → Cleveland
CLT → CLE
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Cleveland operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 11.1 minutes. The Airbus A319 aircraft serves this busy route, which connects two cities with the destination airport, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, having been in operation since 1925 and handling over 8.6 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Charlotte (CLT) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 575 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.26%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cleveland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Cleveland (CLE) heads north for about 694 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 17m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 34% of CLT-CLE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cleveland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 575 tracked CLT-CLE flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-CLE
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 575 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Cleveland is 2.26% across 575 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
