The flight time from San Francisco to Cleveland is 4 hours, 33 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SFO San Francisco, CA 1 minute early.
22 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 3 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLE Cleveland, OH 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
Frontier
44%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Francisco to Cleveland is 4 hours, 33 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 3 minutes.

The flight distance from San Francisco to Cleveland is 2161 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Cleveland to San Francisco
5 hours, 8 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
4h 33m
Frontier
4h 36m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

12

Distance

2161 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND020406080

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
11
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Francisco from Cleveland by plane?

The distance from San Francisco to Cleveland by plane is 2161 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Cleveland?

The flight time from San Francisco to Cleveland is 4 hours, 33 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 3 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 4 hours, 33 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 4 hours, 36 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Francisco to Cleveland?

United and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from San Francisco to Cleveland.

Does Southwest fly from San Francisco to Cleveland?

Southwest does not fly from San Francisco (SFO) 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 San Francisco 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 22 minutes
In the Air 243 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Cleveland 8 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 San Francisco to Cleveland, Frontier is 44% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 44% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 14% 1%
Frontier 44% 47% 9%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Francisco 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 22 243 6 273
Frontier 19 241 13 276

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 0.03
11pm 0.01
1pm 0.02
11am 0.04
10am 0.79
10pm 0.82

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 31
February 29
March 31
April 54
May 61
June 66
July 80
August 69
September 60
October 61
November 49
December 43

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 1.87
Tuesday 1.6
Wednesday 1.77
Thursday 1.69
Friday 1.87
Saturday 1.67
Sunday 1.73

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
United 0
Frontier 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)
12pm 15 244 12 276
11pm 18 243 7 269
1pm 19 237 12 272
11am 20 241 13 276
10am 23 242 6 273
10pm 21 244 6 273
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.