Flights Fort Lauderdale → Cleveland
FLL → CLE
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Cleveland operates with an average on-time performance of 70%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 20.1 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 389 total flights on this route, using aircraft such as Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-700, serving Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which opened in 1925 and handles nearly 8.7 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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 508 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.15%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cleveland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Cleveland (CLE) heads north for about 1,713 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 34m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 71% of FLL-CLE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cleveland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 508 tracked FLL-CLE flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 3.1% 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 FLL-CLE
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 508 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Cleveland is 3.15% across 508 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.
