OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Cleveland

425 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–CLE arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.5%of scheduled flights

based on 595 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights534
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights61

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline18%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)28%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather40%
  • Air traffic (NAS)60%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 15 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly JFK → CLE

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 69% to 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 987 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 983 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 30 min · 1,136 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 40 min · 163 flights · limited
  • Overnights69% on time · p90 70 min · 613 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 540 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 544 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 548 flights
  • Mondays83% on time · p90 25 min · 543 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 542 flights
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 622 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 35 min · 543 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.