Best time to fly out of Easterwood (CLL)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Easterwood: departures in the Before 6am band left on time 89% of the time, against 76% in the 6–8pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | 84 | – | – | 90 | 93 | 89 | 89 |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | 88 | 89 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 87 |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | 78 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 73 | 74 |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at CLL was Before 6am — 89% of departures left on time across 554 flights. The weakest was 6–8pm at 76%.
The year at CLL
May was the hard month at CLL: 78.8% of departures left on time, across 278 flights. February was the easy one at 88.4%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84.9% | 278 |
| February | 88.4% | 251 |
| March | 83.7% | 279 |
| April | 81.2% | 270 |
| May | 78.8% | 278 |
| June | 79.2% | 270 |
| July | 79.6% | 277 |
| August | 86.1% | 323 |
| September | 85.7% | 303 |
| October | 87.9% | 333 |
| November | 85.4% | 295 |
| December | 86% | 288 |
Airlines at CLL
Every airline with at least 100 departures from CLL, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 86.1% | 98 min | 2.4% | 2,425 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 79.1% | 116 min | 4.1% | 1,020 |
What delays out of CLL were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 601 flights that departed CLL and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 37.9% put down to airline operations and 26.6% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 26.6%
- Airline operations 37.9%
- Air traffic & airport volume 18%
- Severe weather 17.4%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through CLL
Of 3,445 scheduled arrivals into CLL, 80.2% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 578 arrivals that ran late, 51.7% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of CLL
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
CLL in one number
Easterwood (CLL)
Rank 225 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: Before 6am. Hardest month: May.
Questions about CLL
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Easterwood?
- Before 6am. Departures in that band left on time 89% of the time across 554 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 6–8pm band was the weakest at 76%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of CLL?
- May: 78.8% of the departures that flew left on time, with 278 scheduled. February was the other end of the year at 88.4%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at CLL?
- Envoy Air — 86.1% of its 2,425 departures from CLL left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 79.1% over 1,020 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at CLL?
- 2.9% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.