Flights Cleveland → Philadelphia
CLE → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Philadelphia operates with a fleet of Embraer 175, Embraer 170, and Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft. With 366 total flights recorded, the route maintains a 79% on-time performance rate, experiencing an average delay of 18.8 minutes when delays occur.
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) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 448 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads east for about 583 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 9m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of CLE-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 448 tracked CLE-PHL flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 3.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLE-PHL
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 448 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Philadelphia is 3.79% across 448 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
