Flights Washington → Cleveland
IAD → CLE
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Cleveland operates with a high level of punctuality, with 86% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 353 total flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, which typically experience an average delay of just six minutes. The destination airport in Cleveland, one of the oldest airports in the United States having opened in 1925, serves 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 (IAD) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 469 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.28%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (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 (IAD) to Cleveland (CLE) heads north-west for about 463 km, a flight time of roughly 60m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 26% of IAD-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 469 tracked IAD-CLE flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 8 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 IAD-CLE
On the Washington (IAD) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 469 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Cleveland is 1.28% across 469 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.
