SJU to CLE flight delays
San Juan, PR (SJU) Cleveland, OH (CLE) · 1,839 miles
266 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.47%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.38%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.38% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The two directions do not behave alike. CLE to SJU arrives on time 16.5 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 24.2 points more punctual than in April — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Only Frontier Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Frontier Airlines arrived on time most often on SJU to CLE. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in January.
Every airline on SJU to CLE
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Airlines | 266 | 80.47% | 3.38% | 68 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CLE to SJU Cleveland back to San Juan 63.92% on time FOther routes from San Juan
Common questions
Are flights from San Juan to Cleveland usually delayed?
80.47% of flights on the SJU to CLE route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from San Juan to Cleveland?
Only Frontier Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 266 flights and 80.47% arriving on time.
How often are SJU to CLE flights cancelled?
3.38% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 34 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly San Juan to Cleveland?
March, when 89.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was April at 65.5%.
When SJU to CLE flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SJU to CLE during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →