CLE · Cleveland, United States
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
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Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for CLE
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3454; ident KCLE; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
clevelandairport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
CLE / KCLE
OurAirports ident
KCLE
GPS / local code
KCLE / CLE
ISO region
US-OH
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
clevelandairport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1100795
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
EDT
America/New_York · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
16 km
Approximate distance to central Cleveland.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
3 runways
Longest runway
9,953 ft / 3,034 m
Runway surface
concrete (3)
Opened / operator
1925
Owner / entity
Q1100795
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Cleveland, United States. Cleveland's built-up core sits roughly 16 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/New_York (UTC-04:00, EDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE / KCLE) is at 41.4117° N, 81.8498° W, elevation 791 ft (241 m), serving Cleveland, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Cleveland is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Cleveland: 16 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for CLE.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE / KCLE)
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Source identifiers
KCLE · KCLE · CLE · US-OH
clevelandairport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a city-owned international airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and is the primary airport serving Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for CLE; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Located in Cleveland's Hopkins neighborhood 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Downtown Cleveland, it is adjacent to the Glenn Research Center, one of NASA's ten major field centers.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Fairview Park
fairview-park · 3.5 km from CLE
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 16,407 · city coordinates 41.4414, -81.8643
2. Brook Park
brook-park · 4.1 km from CLE
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 18,809 · city coordinates 41.3984, -81.8046
3. Berea
berea · 5.1 km from CLE
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 18,874 · city coordinates 41.3662, -81.8543
4. North Olmsted
north-olmsted · 6.2 km from CLE
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 32,004 · city coordinates 41.4156, -81.9235
5. Middleburg Heights
middleburg-heights · 6.4 km from CLE
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 15,696 · city coordinates 41.3614, -81.8129
6. Rocky River
rocky-river · 7.2 km from CLE
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 20,376 · city coordinates 41.4756, -81.8393
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. DTW KDTW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · Detroit
153 km from CLE · America/Detroit · +0h · elevation 645 ft (197 m) · airport coordinates 42.2138, -83.3538
2. PIT KPIT
Pittsburgh International Airport · Pittsburgh
170 km from CLE · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 1,203 ft (367 m) · airport coordinates 40.4915, -80.2329
3. CMH KCMH
John Glenn Columbus International Airport · Columbus
180 km from CLE · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 815 ft (248 m) · airport coordinates 39.9980, -82.8919
Route-time reference set
1. CLE-DTW
Detroit · 153 km · 1h 2m
America/Detroit · +0h from CLE; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. CLE-PIT
Pittsburgh · 170 km · 1h 3m
America/New_York · +0h from CLE; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. CLE-CMH
Columbus · 180 km · 1h 4m
America/New_York · +0h from CLE; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
3 runways
Longest runway 9,953 ft / 3,034 m. 3 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
concrete (3)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for CLE.
Runway identifiers
10/28 · 6L/24R · 6R/24L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. DTW KDTW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · Detroit · 153 km from CLE
large airport · America/Detroit · united-states · 645 ft (197 m) · 42.2138, -83.3538
2. PIT KPIT
Pittsburgh International Airport · Pittsburgh · 170 km from CLE
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 1,203 ft (367 m) · 40.4915, -80.2329
3. CMH KCMH
John Glenn Columbus International Airport · Columbus · 180 km from CLE
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 815 ft (248 m) · 39.9980, -82.8919
4. BUF KBUF
Buffalo Niagara International Airport · Buffalo · 308 km from CLE
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 728 ft (222 m) · 42.9405, -78.7322
5. GRR KGRR
Gerald R. Ford International Airport · Grand Rapids · 344 km from CLE
large airport · America/Detroit · united-states · 794 ft (242 m) · 42.8808, -85.5228
6. CVG KCVG
Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · Cincinnati / Covington · 355 km from CLE
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 896 ft (273 m) · 39.0488, -84.6678
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
It is the largest and busiest airport in the state, as well as in the top fifty largest airports in the U.S.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for CLE.
Country and authority
CLE sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). CLE is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a city-owned international airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and is the primary airport serving Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Location cue: Located in Cleveland's Hopkins neighborhood 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Downtown Cleveland, it is adjacent to the Glenn Research Center, one of NASA's ten major field centers.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1100795 · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Administrative area: Ohio. Named after: William R. Hopkins · Cleveland
Field and clock profile
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is a low-elevation field at 791 ft (241 m), positioned at 41.4117° N, 81.8498° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 3 runways and a longest runway of 9,953 ft / 3,034 m. The airport clock uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Fairview Park is the closest retained city-time anchor at 3.5 km. DTW Detroit is the closest retained airport alternative at 153 km.
Country airport peers
CLE is compared with DTW Detroit at 153 km, PIT Pittsburgh at 170 km, CMH Columbus at 180 km, BUF Buffalo at 308 km, GRR Grand Rapids at 344 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
CLE-DTW Detroit: 153 km, about 1h 2m, +0h. CLE-PIT Pittsburgh: 170 km, about 1h 3m, +0h. CLE-CMH Columbus: 180 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KCLE backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. clevelandairport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
3 runways · longest 9,953 ft / 3,034 m
Runway identifiers
10/28, 6L/24R, 6R/24L
OurAirports classifies CLE as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Cleveland.
CLE (KCLE) is a low-elevation field at 791 ft (241 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
CLE sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
CLE's runway record lists 3 runways, with the longest runway at 9,953 ft / 3,034 m and source surfaces recorded as concrete (3).
Civil aviation oversight for CLE runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
- It is the largest and busiest airport in the state, as well as in the top fifty largest airports in the U.S.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at clevelandairport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for CLE
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
CLE uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is about 16 km from central Cleveland; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
DTW Detroit is the closest retained alternate at 153 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
clevelandairport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place CLE inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
CLE ranks #15 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
CLE shares America/New_York with ALB Albany US · ATL Atlanta US · BDL Hartford US · BOS Boston US · BUF Buffalo US · BWI Baltimore US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
CLE is 791 ft (241 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include KRK 791 ft (241 m) (0 ft delta) · GRR 794 ft (242 m) (3 ft delta) · IND 797 ft (243 m) (6 ft delta) · TZL 784 ft (239 m) (7 ft delta) · YWG 783 ft (239 m) (8 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
CLE's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are DTW 153 km +0h · PIT 170 km +0h · CMH 180 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | DTW | 153 km | 1h 2m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Pittsburgh | PIT | 170 km | 1h 3m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Columbus | CMH | 180 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
CLE to DTW
Detroit
Distance 153 km; estimated travel window 1h 2m; destination zone America/Detroit is +0h from CLE. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CLE to PIT
Pittsburgh
Distance 170 km; estimated travel window 1h 3m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from CLE. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CLE to CMH
Columbus
Distance 180 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from CLE. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Cleveland is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from CLE, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Fairview Park
fairview-park · 3.5 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Brook Park
brook-park · 4.1 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Berea
berea · 5.1 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
North Olmsted
north-olmsted · 6.2 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Middleburg Heights
middleburg-heights · 6.4 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Rocky River
rocky-river · 7.2 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Westlake
westlake · 7.5 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Parma Heights
parma-heights · 7.9 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Lakewood
lakewood-5160315 · 8.9 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bay Village
bay-village · 10 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Parma
parma · 11 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Strongsville
strongsville · 11 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Detroit (DTW), Pittsburgh (PIT), Columbus (CMH). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 3 runways; longest runway 9,953 ft / 3,034 m; identifiers 10/28, 6L/24R, 6R/24L.
- Runway surfaces: concrete (3); 3 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1925.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from CLE. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportDTW
Detroit · large airport
- Distance
- 153 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 645 ft (197 m)
Compare against DTW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Pittsburgh International AirportPIT
Pittsburgh · large airport
- Distance
- 170 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 1,203 ft (367 m)
Compare against PIT when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
John Glenn Columbus International AirportCMH
Columbus · large airport
- Distance
- 180 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 815 ft (248 m)
Compare against CMH when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) in?▾
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is in the America/New_York timezone (UTC-04:00, EDT).
What are the codes for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport?▾
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport uses IATA code CLE and ICAO code KCLE.
Where is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport located?▾
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is located in Cleveland, United States at coordinates 41.4117° N, 81.8498° W, with an elevation of 791 ft (241 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Cleveland Hopkins International Airport from central Cleveland?▾
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport sits roughly 16 km from the nearest mapped city center for Cleveland.
Which route reference is most useful from CLE?▾
Detroit (DTW) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 2m, destination timezone America/Detroit, and a +0h difference from CLE.
Which authority regulates CLE?▾
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to CLE?▾
CLE's curated peers in United States on this site include DTW Detroit, PIT Pittsburgh, CMH Columbus, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Cleveland Hopkins International Airport have?▾
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 3 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,953 ft / 3,034 m; identifiers include 10/28, 6L/24R, 6R/24L.