What is the TSA wait at CLE right now?
Observed security history for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
Typical history
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport TSA wait times
CLE · KCLE · Cleveland, Ohio
Security wait
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Observed security history for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) is listed by hour. It is not a live reading. The current hour is chosen in the browser from that table.
Typical wait by hour
On Sundays, the quietest observed standard-lane hours are 12am (sample-weighted median 15 minutes) and 1am (sample-weighted median 15 minutes). The busiest observed hours are 6pm (sample-weighted 75th percentile 16 minutes) and 7pm (sample-weighted 75th percentile 16 minutes). Hours with no readings are left out, not treated as zero.
Standard lane only. Average and 75th percentile are sample-weighted from observed history. A gap means that hour had no readings.
PreCheck
This airport's historical feed has no PreCheck lane readings.
CLEAR
CLEAR is not shown. We are not using a CLEAR source.
Departure delays
Historical on-time performance. Not a live delay.
81%
On-time departures, September 2025 through August 2026. A departure is on time when it left less than 15 minutes late.
Flights out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport left on time 81% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 84 minutes. 2% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
The highest on-time month was September 2025 (87%). The lowest was July 2026 (76%).
| Cause | Delay minutes | Share of delay minutes |
|---|---|---|
| late-arriving aircraft | 253,958 | 38% |
| the airline | 197,337 | 30% |
| the national airspace system | 185,947 | 28% |
| weather | 28,871 | 4% |
| security | 1,184 | 0% |
When to be at the airport
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Nearby airports
- Akron Canton Regional Airport CAK · Akron40 mi
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport DTW · Detroit95 mi
- Erie International Tom Ridge Field ERI · Erie98 mi
- Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport TOL · Toledo102 mi
- Pittsburgh International Airport PIT · Pittsburgh106 mi
Distances are straight-line miles.
Airport details
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 06R/24L, 9,953 ft
- Longest runway width
- 150 ft
- Longest runway surface
- CONC
- Longest runway lighting
- HIGH
- Elevation
- 799.5 ft
- CY2024 enplanements
- 4,950,345
- Facility use
- Public
- Ownership
- Public
- Part 139 certificate code
- I C
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Airframe repair
- MAJOR
- Powerplant repair
- MAJOR
- Last inspection
- 2025/08/18
FAA facility record date 2026/10/01. Runways: BTS NTAD Runways. Facility facts: BTS NTAD Aviation Facilities. Enplanements: FAA CY2024 commercial service.
Questions
Does TSACheck have a live security wait for CLE?
A live figure is shown only when the stored airport feed is fresh. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) also has observed history. A stored value that is too old is not shown as live.
How often do flights leave CLE on time?
Flights out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport left on time 81% of the time from September 2025 through August 2026. The largest share of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%). That is a share of delay minutes, not a share of flights. The average delay among departures that were 15 minutes or more late was 84 minutes. 2% of scheduled flights were cancelled.
How early should I get to CLE?
TSA's published guidance is to arrive at the airport 2 hours before a domestic departure and 3 hours before an international departure. That is guidance, not a measured security wait.
Which airports are near CLE?
The nearest airports in this list are Akron Canton Regional Airport (CAK), 40 straight-line miles; Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), 95 straight-line miles; Erie International Tom Ridge Field (ERI), 98 straight-line miles; Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL), 102 straight-line miles; Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), 106 straight-line miles.