Flights Minneapolis → Cleveland
MSP → CLE
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Cleveland operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 aircraft, serving 255 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, the average delay is approximately 10.3 minutes, connecting passengers to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, which has been in operation since 1925 and currently handles over eight million passengers per year.
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 Minneapolis (MSP) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 343 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (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 Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cleveland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Cleveland (CLE) heads east for about 999 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 35% of MSP-CLE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cleveland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 343 tracked MSP-CLE flights, 80% 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 MSP-CLE
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 343 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Cleveland is 2.33% across 343 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.
