Flights Cleveland → Dallas-Fort Worth
CLE → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with an Airbus A319 and has a total of 380 flights annually, with 76% of these arriving on time. The average delay for the flights is 23.1 minutes, indicating some regular delays despite a majority of flights maintaining punctuality.
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) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 505 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads south-west for about 1,642 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 28m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of CLE-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 505 tracked CLE-DFW flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 2.8% 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 CLE-DFW
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 505 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Dallas-Fort Worth is 2.77% across 505 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.
