Flights Washington → Cleveland
DCA → CLE
Route overview
This flight route operates between Washington and Cleveland, using Embraer 170 aircraft. With a 72% on-time performance rate, the flights experience an average delay of 25.5 minutes. The total number of flights for this route is 401, serving a destination airport that handles over eight 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 Washington (DCA) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 505 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 34.3/100 (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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cleveland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Cleveland (CLE) heads north-west for about 498 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of DCA-CLE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cleveland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 505 tracked DCA-CLE flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 5.7% 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 DCA-CLE
On the Washington (DCA) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 505 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Cleveland is 5.74% across 505 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.
