Flights Cleveland → Los Angeles
CLE → LAX
Route overview
This flight route connects Cleveland with Los Angeles, featuring a high on-time performance rate of 89%. Over the past period, it has seen 154 total flights with an average delay of just 5.1 minutes. The aircraft used include Boeing 737-800 and -900 models as well as Airbus A320 and A319 variants. Both airports have a rich history, with Cleveland's airport opening in 1925 and Los Angeles' in 1926, serving millions of passengers annually, including nearly 76.6 million at the destination airport alone.
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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.99%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 3,296 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 32m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of CLE-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 201 tracked CLE-LAX flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 3.0% 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-LAX
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Los Angeles is 2.99% across 201 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.
