The flight time from New York to Cleveland is 1 hour, 40 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY 5 minutes early.
21 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 10 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLE Cleveland, OH 16 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
87%
Delta
85%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Cleveland is 1 hour, 40 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 10 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Cleveland is 419 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Cleveland to New York
1 hour, 31 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
1h 40m
Delta
1h 41m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

47

Distance

419 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
29
American
17

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Cleveland by plane?

The distance from New York to Cleveland by plane is 419 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Cleveland?

The flight time from New York to Cleveland is 1 hour, 40 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 10 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 1 hour, 40 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 41 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Cleveland?

Delta and American are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Cleveland.

Does Southwest fly from New York to Cleveland?

Southwest does not fly from New York (LGA) to Cleveland (CLE). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 New York 5 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 21 minutes
In the Air 70 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Cleveland 16 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 New York to Cleveland, American is 87% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 87% 10% 3%
Delta 85% 12% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
American 18 71 7 100
Delta 22 69 7 101

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
7pm 0.45
2pm 0.43
8am 0.87
9am 0.75
10am 0.01
6pm 0.12
5pm 0.28
8pm 0.3
4pm 0.36
12pm 0.31
9pm 0.65
6am 0.55
7am 0.14
11am 0.06
3pm 0.43
1pm 0.8
10pm 0.05

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 190
February 194
March 220
April 205
May 218
June 212
July 204
August 217
September 204
October 218
November 205
December 186

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 7.69
Tuesday 7.81
Wednesday 7.81
Thursday 7.75
Friday 7.77
Saturday 3
Sunday 5.73

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
Delta 1
American 0

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)
7pm 25 69 7 101
2pm 20 71 7 100
8am 20 69 7 99
9am 23 70 7 103
10am 25 66 5 101
6pm 25 73 7 107
5pm 27 70 8 109
8pm 22 69 8 101
4pm 23 69 7 103
12pm 20 70 7 99
9pm 19 70 8 101
6am 18 67 7 92
7am 25 74 7 108
11am 22 71 7 101
3pm 20 71 8 104
1pm 19 70 6 99
10pm 16 71 8 95
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.