Flights Cleveland → Minneapolis
CLE → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Minneapolis has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 9.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 255 flights departing from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which opened in 1925, heading towards one of the busiest airports in the United States, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, serving over 31 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 Cleveland (CLE) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 342 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 2.34%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 999 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 35% of CLE-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 342 tracked CLE-MSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLE-MSP
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 342 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Minneapolis is 2.34% across 342 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
