Cleveland Airport (CLE) Information

Where is Cleveland Airport? CLE Cleveland International Airport (IATA: CLE, ICAO: KCLE, FAA LID: CLE) is a public airport located twelve miles (19 km) southwest of the central business district of Cleveland, a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The airport lies just within the city limits of Cleveland and is the largest airport in the state of Ohio.

The airport was founded in 1925, making it the first municipally owned airport in the United States. The airport has been the site of many other airport firsts: the first air traffic control tower, ground to air radio control and the first airfield lighting system, all in 1930, and the first U.S. airport to be directly connected to a local or regional rail transit system, in 1968. The airport was named after its founder, former city manager William R. Hopkins, on his 82nd birthday in 1951.

CLE Cleveland International Airport handled 9,715,604 passengers in 2009, representing a 12.5% decrease compared to 2008. There were 200,268 operations (takeoffs and landings) in 2009. The airport handles more than 325 daily nonstop flights to over 85 destinations. It is the third largest hub for Continental Airlines and its regional carriers ExpressJet, Chautauqua, and CommutAir, which operates its largest hub from the airport. Following Continental's merger with United Airlines, the airport will become the eighth largest hub for United. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, along with Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport comprise the Cleveland Airport System operated by the city of Cleveland's Department of Port Control.

Services at Cleveland Airport include:

• Airspace Lounge (fee)
• Dunkin' Donuts (24 hours)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum Store - Main Terminal
• CLE Terrazzo Floors - look down - there are several areas of the airport that have been transformed by local artists
• GuitarMania - look up - you'll find several of the city's 10-ft tall Fender® Stratocaster® guitars creatively transformed into works of art in the airport
• Mobile device charging - near the entrance of Concourse A and Concourse B
• Health Walk self-guided walking routes - all 3 concourses
• Mailbox - before security, near Security Checkpoint A
• Interfaith chapel - Concourse B, near security
• USO lounge

Additional Cleveland Airport information may be found by visiting their official website below.

• Official CLE Cleveland International Airport Website