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BWI vs CLE - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
BWI

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, Maryland

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Airport B
CLE

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, Ohio

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric BWI CLE
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.0% 82.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 61.0 min 75.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.0% 18.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.25% 1.27%
Total Flights 1,049,006 446,498
Delayed Flights 230,270 80,317
Cancelled Flights 13,150 5,664
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

BWI - Baltimore, MD

Carrier 38.9%
Late Aircraft 38.2%
NAS 18.9%
Weather 3.7%
Security 0.3%

CLE - Cleveland, OH

Late Aircraft 38.2%
Carrier 32.4%
NAS 25.8%
Weather 3.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from BWI

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → BWI
Baltimore
31,846 80.2%
BWI → ATL
Atlanta
31,798 82.1%
MCO → BWI
Baltimore
29,125 77%
BWI → MCO
Orlando
29,050 76.2%
BWI → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
21,397 77.2%
FLL → BWI
Baltimore
21,264 79%

Top routes from CLE

Route Flights On-Time
CLE → ORD
Chicago
18,867 84.8%
ORD → CLE
Cleveland
18,627 79.7%
CLE → ATL
Atlanta
18,092 85.8%
ATL → CLE
Cleveland
18,085 81.9%
LGA → CLE
Cleveland
12,684 83.6%
CLE → LGA
New York
12,654 83.6%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.