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CLE Meaning

CLE Airport Meaning

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CLE Meaning:

CLE stands for Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport


Located in Cleveland, Ohio, CLE (Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport) is classified as a medium hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of CLE's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE) Characteristics:

      City: Cleveland
      State: Ohio
      FAA: Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
      IATA: CLE
      ICAO: KCLE
      Role: P-M

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


CLE is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding CLE, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

CLE meaning is Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport.

Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport can be abbreviated as CLE.

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