Flights Cleveland → Tampa
CLE → TPA
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Tampa operates with a high on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of just 6.3 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 329 flights using either Boeing 737-700 or Airbus A320 aircraft, connecting passengers from Cleveland's historic airport, which opened in 1925, to one of the busiest airports in the United States by passenger traffic, handling nearly 21.5 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) → Tampa (TPA) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 459 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Tampa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Tampa (TPA) heads south for about 1,495 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 17m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of CLE-TPA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Tampa it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 459 tracked CLE-TPA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.3% 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-TPA
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Tampa (TPA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 459 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Tampa is 1.31% across 459 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.
