With the sincere hope to steer the discussion away from BKL, here is my summary of the Cleveland City Council Transportation and Mobility Committee held on April 11, 2024 Airport Operations Updates -CLE saw 98.5% of 2019 passenger traffic levels in 2023 -Sept-Oct-Nov 2023 exceeded 2019 traffic level...
Jump to postJshank83 wrote:march load for Aer Lingus (customs numbers)
Inbound 77.5%
Outbound 82%
Total 79.76%
Foreign 18%
USA 82%
Doesn't look like F9's Montego Bay service is doing very well: https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/04/will-this-new-frontier-flight-from-cleveland-to-the-caribbean-last-enjoy-it-while-you-can.html?utm_campaign=clevelanddotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1OEzODCf...
Jump to postLooks like aircraft are again arriving/departing on 06R. From CLE's FB: "UPDATE: The airfield has reopened, however it will take some time for operations to return to normal. Thank you for your continued patience." Here's a pic of a crashed small aircraft: https://www.news5cleveland.com/n...
Jump to postPer FB: "Approximately 6 pm there was an incident involving a small private aircraft. Emergency responders are on scene. The airfield is currently closed, we will advise when it has reopened." Wonder what happened. Still have not seen any news reports.
Jump to postThe I-Team must really be bored. The Smart Parking Garage at CLE is not so smart, I guess: https://fox8.com/news/smart-parking-lot-at-hopkins-airport-often-wrong-i-team/?fbclid=IwAR29KMY-dPisBmBQCRkhRT_8bJ6fDxnbcn3qn8chxlDA1b5r7N6rXabK0Wk_aem_Aa2V-ivyUxjL7LnUBsRIcvd5Mw06ImCzDqiwYrp-Ub0bPOWMPfNu_Qb4c...
Jump to postThe FAA cannot block the construction of a domed stadium across from the airport, but could only make a recommendation to local officials. I can't see such a structure being in the flight path of runway 10/28. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/04/could-the-faa-stop-the-browns-from-building-a-stadi...
Jump to postLibertyBlvd wrote:
Thanks!
The link in the post upthread on the CLE USAir hub in the 80s contains numbers for a few of the missing years:
1979 7.46M
1982 5.17M
1987 6.6M
1988 7.6M
Does anyone know what the passenger numbers were at CLE in the 70s? I remember seeing numerous wide bodies by UA, AA and NW during that time. And quite a few Fortune 500 companies were HQ'd here then which I assume resulted in a lot of business travel. This is what I have for 1969-2024 . It was ver...
Jump to postDoes anyone know what the passenger numbers were at CLE in the 70s? I remember seeing numerous wide bodies by UA, AA and NW during that time. And quite a few Fortune 500 companies were HQ'd here then which I assume resulted in a lot of business travel. I have some data and will look it up later. If...
Jump to postNot much new here: https://www.crainscleveland.com/politics-policy/cleveland-hopkins-passenger-traffic-rose-96-february?utm_source=morning-roundup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20240328&utm_content=article8-headline "Passenger traffic in March also is on track to outpace March 2023 ...
Jump to postSpirit is retrenching at CLE. It will cut LAS and only fly to FLL, MCO, MYR, and LAX this summer. It used to fly to 12 nonstop destinations from CLE. It blamed aircraft groundings due to P & W engine problems. It's not clear if the cuts are permanent. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2024/03/s...
Jump to postAnyone free on March 27 and have an extra $100? The leaders of both CLE and CAK will be at this breakfast event at the Union Club. Uncover the Future of Air Travel and Airport Innovation! Unfortunately, I will be boarding my flight back to CLE in DUB about that time. https://web.cvent.com/event/a8a5...
Jump to postThe Sound of Ideas on WKSU 89.7 FM will feature the CLE modernization program on Friday. Wow-what a letdown! Kind of a "bait & switch" actually. There was a 4-minute discussion as part of the larger Reporters Roundtable. If you really care, start at about 20:30: https://www.ideastream...
Jump to postThe Sound of Ideas on WKSU 89.7 FM will feature the CLE modernization program on Friday.
Jump to postLimited construction - I suppose that's better than nothing. $175M doesn't go very far now, does it. The entire phase I is estimated to be close to $1B. Let's hope they can get the airlines sign on to the rest of it. At least its a start. Here's the entire news release from CLE: https://www.clevela...
Jump to postFrontier apparently will also be adding two more gates (A2/A6) to go with their current gates (A8/A10). Spirit will move to A1 (remember the big deal they made when they leased more space a few years ago). All other gates on A will remain common-use gates. F9 will continue to use A12 (and A9) for in...
Jump to postLooks like Frontier is moving to their new and larger ticket counter next to AA effective March 1. They will have 12 positions vs. 6 now. Let's hope it improves customer service significantly as the airline expands in CLE. If I knew how to post a pic, I would.
Jump to postCLE posted Jan 2024 passenger totals-up 5.7% over 2023: https://www.clevelandairport.com/about-us/facts-figures
Total Domestic 655,356
Total International 15,277
AIRPORT TOTAL 670,633
Some more Spirit Cleveland cuts: ATL. cancelled. April till May 7 MIA. cancelled April to May 7 MCO. reduced April and May LAS. reduced. April and May I didn't even realize anything other than FLL, MCO and LAS were on the schedule. There have been some days when there were only 2 flights on Spirit....
Jump to postLooks like you slipped in an extra “not” in there CLEguy towards the end. TLDR: good airfield, not good terminal/parking/ground transportation entry. Should a dome be built in Brookpark and that’s a huge if, the highway redesign to accommodate it and the airport would be pretty substantial and cost...
Jump to postI thought this was an aviation site? What does a medium sized plastics manufacturer have to do with aviation? Furthermore, I have to say what hurts the region more is the lack of competition in the airline industry. We had a plethora of routes from CLE, CAK and YNG (2000 - 2002 and 2006 - 2018). Th...
Jump to postWonder if F9s growth will affect the new construction , maybe they will require more room , gates etc! There should be enough gates on A. Is Spirit the only other airline there now? NK & F9 are the main operators on A. There are, of course, international arrivals, plus an occasional DL overflow...
Jump to postHere's some more comparison data for international traffic via the great site, APIS/I-92 Monitor: https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/apisi-92-monitor. The percentages are the foreign citizens and US citizens, respectively. Not surprisingly, CVG leads the pack in total traffic, albeit by less t...
Jump to postWith the hope of reigning in this raging "debate," here is something a bit more interesting. Regional peer airports to CLE have all released 2023 traffic totals. CLE is still on top. I've included both Columbus airports in its total (CMH alone was 8,375,281): CLE 9,868,868 IND 9,788,867 PI...
Jump to postI gave my theory on why cleveland of all markets for this commercial— all about Frontier’s aggressive expansion. Like the ad or not, UA is getting some free publicity. Channel 3 newscast had a glowing response to the actor in the ad. https://www.crainscleveland.com/media-marketing/united-has-six-re...
Jump to postAnyone else see this strange study? CLE is the number 4 airport with the with the most fast food chains (although there are only 2 now with the permanent closure of the Subway on the ticketing level). https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/airpo ... fast-food/
Jump to postmannymanatee wrote:Delta is flyin a319 instead of 717 on may 17th.
LibertyBlvd wrote:CLEguy wrote:...and Air Canada operating larger aircraft and ramping up to 3 daily YYZ flights this summer.
What type of aircraft is AC currently operating for CLE-YYZ?
CLE put the official numbers for December out today. The previously-released 9.868 million total for 2023 didn't change. The international total was 212,919, up 40.77% over 2022. That's 291 PDEW without a flight to the biggest destinations - so logically, CLE could support another international fli...
Jump to postAnyone know how many people had a connection in CLE last year? I have not seen this level of detail made available anywhere. I would venture to guess it would be a small percentage. Here's an interesting article with 2018 data for only domestic traffic: https://www.stlannex.com/blogs_2020/blog_airp...
Jump to postAirfares at CLE up 33% over 2021 fares. This is on par with other regional airports and lower than the increases at airports such as MSP, ORD, DTW. https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/travel-insurance/airfare-increases/ https://www.crainscleveland.com/transportation/cleveland-hopkins-airfares-a...
Jump to posthttps://www.cleveland.com/travel/2024/0 ... olume.html
Top 3 airlines at CLE in 2023:
UA 2.4M
AA 1.8M
F9 1.7M
I did my own rough calculations based solely on past data from 2019, 2022 and 2023 YTD, and I can't quite seem to get CLE to 10M pax; it's almost there. Just annualizing based on 2023 YTD, I get 9.88M . I have no insight into what the actual loads have been in November and December. But anecdotally...
Jump to postCleveland Scene is now reporting CLE-SJO, too. But there's really nothing new in this article: No comment from CLE.
https://www.clevescene.com/news/is-clev ... VVALFDjgCw
Guess which airline is back sun country. Starting in July it is every other day. Looks like it starts May 17. Starts on the same date and operates on the same days as F9 announced yesterday. Speedy response by SY. SY was supposed to start CLE-MSP service in spring 2020, but we all know what happene...
Jump to postWhat is the reason for FAA approval? Most, if not all, commercial airports in the US are locally-owned. Is it so the feds pay for some of the capital work? Otherwise, its a local "building". I could see needing FAA approval for the airfield, but the roads around the airport and terminal i...
Jump to postLibertyBlvd wrote:^ It irks me that it is taking so long to get started on phase 1 of the master plan which will address that issue at CLE. It should have been addressed YEARS ago.
Now this is interesting. Costa Rica? From a citation posted by JShenk83 in another thread: “With new direct services from cities like Cleveland, St. Louis, Austin, and others commencing just this year, we foresee strong continuation in arrivals from our core North American markets,” he said - he be...
Jump to postWould frontier ever consider cleveland to Iceland to test the Europe market and set up a presence before they go all in on the a321xlr. Couldn’t see it…their model isn’t like what Icelandair, WOW air, or the now PLAY airlines is. Those airlines use the geographical location of the country to their ...
Jump to postToday is a much calmer day at CLE with only 7 flight cancellations showing, including several on UA due to the Max 9 fiasco. I also saw the Alaska CLE-PIT-(SEA) flight on the board. This will operate for about a month until the nonstop in both directions resumes. I wonder if anyone actually flies CL...
Jump to postcrjflyboy wrote:I recall the " OLD FRONTIER " operated flight to STAPLETON back in the 70's or early 80's in with a stop at FWA
The restroom refresh has finally begun! https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/01/how-gross-are-cleveland-hopkins-airport-bathrooms-and-when-will-they-improve.html Interesting that the airport did not accept $1.6 million federal infrastructure funding from the federal government, as this would have req...
Jump to postYNG trivia time (I'll reveal the answers after giving folks a chance to guess). Data is based on YE 3Q 2023 catchment data for the market: 1. What is the top travel destination for YNG area travelers? 2. PIT and CLE are the top two airports utilized by YNG area travelers. What's number three? 3. Wh...
Jump to postRobert1010 wrote:A340 from GRX ( Spain ) little over an hour out , anyone know who or what this might be ?
Due to required inspections, several Max 9 flights cancelled today at CLE incl. on United (287 to LAX and 776 to EWR) and Alaska (330 from/to SEA). Of course, AC also cancelled its one and only flight to YYZ (no idea why).
Jump to postIf UA486 was nearer to ORD than CLE and with engine problems, why not land in Chicago instead where they have MX crews? It could be another 20-30 minutes to get all the way back to CLE. Running checklists, talking to dispatch, talking to maintenance, formulating a plan, disseminating the plan, and ...
Jump to postA340 from GRX ( Spain ) little over an hour out , anyone know who or what this might be ? No clue, but quite an interesting flight on "Air X Charter" flight 61J on A340-300, 9H-BIG. Looks very comfortable. https://www.airx.aero/jets/9h-big/ https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AXY61J/h...
Jump to postOn separate news, Signal Cleveland has an update on the airport in their weekly newsletter from Mark Naymik, addressing the Sheraton demo (this summer), pax numbers (close to 10m), and terminal construction (2026) The shuttered Sheraton hotel, which greets travelers at Cleveland Hopkins Internation...
Jump to postI agree wholeheartedly about bringing back the bus for arriving international passengers (see #14 in my wish list for 2024 above)-although I'm not sure about the vitriol directed at Bibb & Francis. The old system worked until Director Kennedy made the decision, prior to the arrival of the Icelan...
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