Flight Time From Chicago To Cleveland - FlightSphere

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Chicago	2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time	20 minutes
In the Air	49 minutes
Taxiing In	6 minutes
Arrives Cleveland	5 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Chicago to Cleveland, American is 77% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline	Normal Flights	Arrival Delayed*	Flight Cancelled
United	84%	16%	0%
American	77%	22%	1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Cleveland, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline	Taxiing Out (minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxiing In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
United	20	48	6	75
American	20	49	7	79

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time	Count
12pm	0.41
3pm	0.47
7pm	0.66
6pm	1.36
9pm	1.14
0am	0
11am	0.34
4pm	0.43
2pm	1.16
8am	0.75
10am	1.03
11pm	0
5pm	0.02
7am	1.49
8pm	0.57
1pm	0.49
9am	0.19

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Cleveland that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month	Count
January	320
February	310
March	297
April	289
May	319
June	349
July	316
August	364
September	338
October	348
November	297
December	316

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Cleveland that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day	Count
Monday	11.1
Tuesday	10.37
Wednesday	10.42
Thursday	10.96
Friday	11.33
Saturday	9.46
Sunday	10.65

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline	Flights per Week
United	1
American	1

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time	Taxi Out(minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxi In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
12pm	18	49	7	76
3pm	19	50	8	78
7pm	23	48	7	79
6pm	24	48	6	80
9pm	19	47	6	73
0am	18	47	6	71
11am	16	49	6	73
4pm	17	49	7	76
2pm	21	48	6	75
8am	21	50	7	81
10am	20	48	6	74
11pm	36	51	6	93
5pm	16	48	6	73
7am	19	49	6	75
8pm	22	48	8	79
1pm	20	50	8	80
9am	25	50	7	83