Historical on-time performance
Cleveland to Phoenix
1,737 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on CLE–PHX arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 642 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.0%Flights332
- American AirlinesOn-time80%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.0%Flights158
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.7%Flights152
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline36%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)28%
- Late aircraft35%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly CLE → PHX
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 58% to 84% on time.
- Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 446 flights
- Mornings81% on time · p90 30 min · 846 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 50 min · 372 flights
- Evenings66% on time · p90 55 min · 401 flights
- Overnights58% on time · p90 120 min · 382 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 79% on time.
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 310 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 284 flights
- Saturdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 467 flights
- Sundays73% on time · p90 50 min · 395 flights
- Mondays72% on time · p90 60 min · 342 flights
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 45 min · 309 flights
- Fridays69% on time · p90 55 min · 340 flights
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