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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

Cleveland · United States · America/New_York

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4Runways
9,953Longest (ft)
791Elevation (ft)
56Route Records
12Airline Records
UTC-5Timezone
49Mapped Stands
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Route Intelligence

25Regional Hub
Shortest route
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport153.3 km
Delta Air Lines
Longest route
SFOSan Francisco International Airport3,469.9 km
United Airlines
Nearest international
YYZToronto Pearson International Airport310.6 km
Air Canada
Longest international
PUJPunta Cana International Airport2,844.7 km
Frontier Airlines
Longest domestic
SFOSan Francisco International Airport3,469.9 km
United Airlines

Airport Connectivity Score

25/100

Regional Hub

Destinations served56 destinations
Airline diversity12 airlines
Haul mix coverage2 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

06C/24C7,096 ftConcreteLITCLOSED
10/286,018 ftConcreteLIT
6L/24R9,000 ftConcreteLIT
6R/24L9,953 ftConcreteLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul
42
medium-haul
14

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
BKLBurke Lakefront Airport18.2 km
Nearest same country
BKLBurke Lakefront Airport18.2 km
Nearest international
YQGWindsor International Airport132.7 km
Farthest airport
ALHAlbany Airport18,157.7 km
Within 500 km: 109 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 345 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 683 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1BKLBurke Lakefront Airport18.2 kmM
2CGFCuyahoga County Airport34.7 kmM
3AKCAkron Fulton International Airport52.5 kmM
4CAKAkron Canton Regional Airport64.8 kmM
5MFDMansfield Lahm Regional Airport86.2 kmM
6YNGYoungstown Warren Regional Airport99.2 kmM
7JFNNortheast Ohio Regional Airport104.3 kmM
8YQGWindsor International Airport132.7 kmM
9BFPBeaver County Airport141.4 kmM
10DETColeman A. Young Municipal Airport146.7 kmM

ATC Frequencies9

APPAPP119.625 MHz
ATISATIS127.85 MHz
CLDCLNC DEL125.05 MHz
DEPDEP118.15 MHz
GNDGND121.7 MHz
RDORDO122.2 MHz
RMPRAMP CON129.17 MHz
TWRTWR120.9 MHz
UNICUNICOM122.95 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

ERJ
24
320
14
319
13
738
11
DH3
10
ER4
9
73G
8
CR7
6
E70
6
73W
6

Live Departures & Arrivals9

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AAL1562B738675 ft
N632JSUnknown type4,600 ft
SKW4932Unknown type4,875 ft
ERY901H25B9,075 ft
EJA515C68A7,000 ft
UAL486B39MOn ground
SWA2071B738On ground
RPA4513E75LOn ground
UAL2067Unknown typeOn ground

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

Boeing 737-823 at Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport - KDFWPhoto: Stephen J Stein via JetPhotosHawker Beechcraft 900XP at Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l Airport - KCLEPhoto: DJ Reed via JetPhotosCessna 680A Citation Latitude at Sint Maarten - Princess Juliana Int'l - TNCMPhoto: Felipe Betancur Montoya via JetPhotosBoeing 737-9 MAX at San Francisco Int'l - KSFOPhoto: Roy Huang via JetPhotosBoeing 737-8H4 at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County - KDTWPhoto: DJ Reed via JetPhotosEmbraer ERJ-170-200LR at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - KDCAPhoto: Jingyi Hu via JetPhotos

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Airline Records in Dataset12

AMAeroMéxico
ACAir Canada
AFAir France
FLAirTran Airways
AZAlitalia
AAAmerican Airlines
DLDelta Air Lines
F9Frontier Airlines
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
WNSouthwest Airlines
USUS Airways
UAUnited Airlines

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Airport HistoryEst. 1925

Opened on July 1, 1925 as one of the earliest municipally-owned airports in the United States, Cleveland Hopkins pioneered several aviation firsts, including the world's first air traffic control tower in 1929. It rose to prominence as a major hub for United Airlines and later Continental Airlines before losing hub status in 2014, and is now embarking on a large-scale, multi-year terminal reconstruction.

✦Frontier Airlines overtook United as Cleveland Hopkins' leading carrier by passenger volume in June 2024.
✦Aer Lingus's Dublin route, launched in May 2023, is currently the airport's only transatlantic service.
1925
Cleveland Municipal Airport Opens

The airport opens on July 1 as one of the first municipality-owned airports in the United States.

1929
World's First Air Traffic Control Tower

Cleveland becomes home to the world's first air traffic control tower, a landmark innovation in aviation safety.

1930
First Airfield Lighting System

The airport installs the first airfield lighting system in the world, enabling expanded nighttime operations.

1968
First US Airport Linked to Rail Transit

Cleveland becomes the first United States airport directly connected to a regional rail transit system.

1978
Two-Level Terminal Completed

A modern two-level passenger terminal, separating arriving and departing passengers, is completed, reflecting the airport's growth as a postwar hub for United Airlines.

1999
Concourse D Added

An $80 million expansion adds Concourse D, following a $50 million Concourse C renovation completed in 1992, as Continental Airlines builds Cleveland into a dominant hub carrying roughly 60% of the airport's traffic.

2014
United Discontinues Hub Operations

United Airlines (merged with Continental in 2010) discontinues its Cleveland hub in February, reducing daily departures by more than 60% and reshaping the airport's route network.

2026
$1.6 Billion Landside Reconstruction Begins

Following a 2025 announcement, construction begins in June on a seven-year, $1.6 billion landside reconstruction project intended to modernize the aging terminal complex.

General encyclopedic sources (Wikipedia) and airport/local history resources (Cleveland Historical, Case Western Reserve University Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, clevelandairport.com). The 2026 landside reconstruction project is newly underway as of this research (construction beginning June 2026) — details should be treated as current-status information subject to change as the multi-year project proceeds.