United Airlines is adding two new routes from Cleveland, including year-round service to Las Vegas and seasonal winter service to Miami, continuing a quiet build-up in a city it once de-hubbed.

United Airlines Adds New Cleveland Flights To Las Vegas, Miami

United Airlines is expanding at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) with two new nonstop routes: Las Vegas (LAS) and Miami (MIA).

Beginning September 24, 2026, United will launch year-round service between Cleveland and Las Vegas. Then, starting December 3, 2026, United will add seasonal service between Cleveland and Miami, operating through April 5, 2027.

Both routes will operate 5x weekly using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Mark Weithofer, United’s Managing Director of Domestic Network Planning, framed the new flights as part of United’s continued investment in Cleveland:

“Cleveland is an important market for United, and these flights continue the investment in our route network there by providing the local community with more nonstop and convenient flight options. We’re thrilled to continue growing our presence in Cleveland by giving our customers greater access to the places they want to travel to – from Miami to Las Vegas and beyond – these new flights are exciting additions to United’s leading route network.”

Here are the new routes:

United Keeps Building Back In Cleveland

Cleveland is no longer a United hub, but it remains an important spoke city for the carrier and this latest expansion is not happening in isolation.

United says it will operate nearly 40 daily flights from Cleveland to 14 destinations during the peak winter season. The airline already serves all of its domestic hubs from Cleveland, including Chicago, Denver, Houston, Newark, Washington Dulles, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Beyond hub flying, United will now offer nonstop service from Cleveland to seven non-hub destinations:

• Fort Lauderdale
• Orlando
• Fort Myers
• Tampa
• Las Vegas
• Miami
• Cancun

United also recently added a second daily Cleveland – Fort Lauderdale flight for the summer and will start its second daily winter-seasonal Orlando flight earlier this year, in October.

With the new Las Vegas and Miami flights, United says its Cleveland capacity will be the highest it has been in more than a decade.

United pulled down its Cleveland hub years ago, but Cleveland never disappeared from the United network. What we are seeing now is not a return to hub status, but a more pragmatic build-up: keep the hub connectivity, add leisure routes where there is local demand, and use Cleveland as a strong focus market.

United Will Compete Directly With Frontier

I note that both of these new CLE routes are currently served by Frontier Airlines. Now that Spirit Airlines has been buried, United and other network carriers now will set their targets on undermining Frontier, which is another struggling so-called “ultra-low-cost carrier.” The Frontier business model, like Spirit’s, may also not be viable, but it does keep fares in check and airlines like United would love to see the pesky Denver-based carriers buried, which would allow fares to go way up.

Southwest Airlines also operates the Las Vegas route and American Airlines also operates the Miami route.

CONCLUSION

United is adding two new nonstop routes from Cleveland: year-round Las Vegas service beginning September 24, 2026 and seasonal Miami service beginning December 3, 2026.

This is not a hub restoration, but it is another sign that United sees value in Cleveland beyond hub connections. Nearly 40 daily flights, service to all domestic United hubs, and a growing list of leisure destinations make Cleveland the most interesting for non-hub markets in the United network.

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