Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Presents Travel Suggestions Forward of Busy Thanksgiving Vacation

Cleveland, Ohio – November twenty fifth, 2025 — The busy Thanksgiving Day vacation journey season for Northeast Ohioans is underway as visitors head to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) for his or her vacation journey plans. The two busiest journey days of the vacation season are the Wednesday earlier than Thanksgiving, exceeded by the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

CLE expects simply over 300,000 visitors to journey via the airport throughout this 12 months’s Thanksgiving journey interval from November twenty second via November thirtieth. 

Additional employees can be assigned in the course of the heavy journey intervals together with customer support personnel, legislation enforcement personnel together with Cleveland Police Airport Unit, and custodial and upkeep employees. 

To assist put together vacationers, CLE is providing the next ideas:
 

Travel ideas 

• Passengers ought to count on longer traces on the ticket counters and the three CLE Security Checkpoints.  
• The South Security Checkpoint opens at 3:15 a.m. and the North and Central Checkpoints open at 3:45 a.m.
• Airport officers encourage vacationers to reach not less than two hours earlier than scheduled departures to permit time for inclement climate, visitors, parking, checking-in and going via the checkpoints.
• CLE’s Ground Transportation Center, positioned on the north finish of Baggage Claim, is your one-stop for all shuttles. The Center options coated and heated ready areas for added comfort.
• CLE’s web site is a one-stop store for vacationers needing up-to-the-minute journey data.  Visit the web site at www.clevelandairport.com for the next:
  • Status of your flight
  • Airline contact data
  • Parking standing updates
  • Checkpoint wait instances

Follow CLE on Twitter at @GoingPlacesCLE and on Facebook at facebook.com/CLEairport for any essential journey updates.

Consider utilizing your airline’s web site to do advance check-in to print your boarding move as much as 24-hours earlier than departure.  

Travelers have many parking choices, together with:

• CLE Curbside Valet, $37 per day
• The Smart Parking Garage, $25 per day
• The Red Lot, $23 per day
• The Blue Lot, $23 per day
• The Orange Lot, $20 per day
• The Brown Lot, $17 per day

Picking up family and friends on the airport?  Don’t circle the airport ready for the decision they’ve arrived.  Park and wait in our CLE Cell Phone Lot positioned off State Route 237 South, or it may be accessed by Jackson Road, which is now a two-way avenue. This lot is for non permanent idling or stopping and NOT for parking. Follow the blue directional indicators to simply find this lot.
 

Hopkins Hospitality

Access Cleveland Hopkins International Airport like by no means earlier than. Hopkins Hospitality represents a visitor expertise initiative that includes 5 core packages, every designed to foster a extra accessible and accommodating journey expertise for all.

• The Hopkins Hangout Pass is designed for non-ticketed visitors to entry the safe facet of the airport to accompany a departing liked one or greet then upon arrival at their gate.
• Hopkins Hounds Therapy Dog program is designed to assist the emotional well-being of vacationers and airport employees via calming interactions with licensed remedy canine.
• Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program is a part of a worldwide initiative for people with non-visible disabilities to discreetly sign they might want extra assist and understanding whereas touring via the airport.
• Airport Ambassadors are volunteers who present help to vacationers and their households navigating the airport.
• Hopkins Flight School launched earlier this month is a chance for people with anxiousness, particular wants or simply eager to see what all the method of flying entails. Due to the success of our first occasion, we’re planning on making this a bi-annual occasion.

For extra data on any of those packages head to: https://www.clevelandairport.com/airport/hopkins-hospitality
 

RTA Redline to the Airport

• The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) gives handy service to and from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. RTA’s Red Line offers common service between CLE and downtown Cleveland through the Tower City Station. The journey takes lower than half-hour, and trains depart from CLE each quarter-hour for almost all of the day.
• For extra data, go to the RTA website online at www.riderta.com or name The RTAnswerline at 216-621-9500.
   

TSA journey ideas

Always have a government-issue ID able to current on the airline ticket counter and safety checkpoint.
Be ready for the screening course of:

Be positive to look via your baggage to make sure no prohibited objects are within the bag.

• All three CLE checkpoints have Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines for passenger screening.  Metal detectors and x-ray machines for carry-on objects are additionally in place for passenger screening.
• Remember the TSA 3-1-1 rule for carry-on objects – Three ounces (3 oz.) per container, in a transparent one-quart bag, one per passenger.  
• Knives, scissors with pointed ideas, pepper spray and different such objects are prohibited as carry-on objects.  For a complete checklist of banned and permitted objects, go to the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) web site at www.tsa.gov.
• Carry-on baggage is often restricted to 1 bag and one private merchandise per individual.  A private merchandise features a purse, briefcase, or laptop computer bag.  Keep in thoughts that each one airways have completely different insurance policies, please test together with your airline to be sure you know their coverage.
• Outer coats, jackets and different such outer clothes have to be eliminated and put via x-ray screening.
• Children below the age of 12 won’t must take away their footwear earlier than going via safety.

TSA Pre✓™ is obtainable at CLE.  TSA Pre✓™ permits choose frequent flyers of collaborating airways and members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Trusted Traveler packages who’re flying on collaborating airways, to obtain expedited screening advantages. Eligible contributors use devoted screening lanes for screening advantages which embody leaving on footwear, gentle outerwear and belts, in addition to leaving laptops and 3-1-1 compliant liquids in carry-on luggage.

Central Checkpoint is solely a TSA Pre✓™ checkpoint.  During peak hours, South Checkpoint may have a TSA Pre✓™ out there.  For extra data on TSA Pre✓™ go to http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-precheck.

CLEAR, the safe id firm utilizing biometrics to construct a frictionless and safe world, can also be out there for vacationers at CLE. It is positioned within the Central Checkpoint for vacationers with TSA Pre✓™ and within the South Checkpoint for many who don’t.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), Northeast Ohio’s Gateway to the World. Ohio’s busiest airport serves over 10,000,000 passengers yearly. Ten passenger airways supply over 130 each day departures to greater than 40 nonstop locations. There are additionally 4 all-cargo airways serving CLE.  

The launch of CLEvolution: The Campaign to Transform Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, marks a serious funding to modernize CLE over the following decade. The evolution of this crucial regional asset won’t solely revolutionize the air journey expertise for native residents and guests alike but in addition place Northeast Ohio for future progress and better financial prosperity.