Flights Cleveland → Boston
CLE → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Boston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, approximately 298 flights are conducted using Boeing 737-700 and Airbus A319 aircraft, with an average delay time of 9.4 minutes per flight.
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 Cleveland (CLE) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 411 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.14%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 903 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of CLE-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 411 tracked CLE-BOS flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 4.1% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLE-BOS
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 411 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Boston is 4.14% across 411 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
