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Airport month · August 2023

Syracuse Hancock International in August 2023

78.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,163 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 72.4% of the time (1,163 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 18%.

Every scheduled departure from SYR in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierSYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time78.2%—78.1%76.7%
Arrived on time78.2%—73.7%76.9%
Cancelled1.1%—2.6%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.1 min—19.2 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day39—2820,100
Scheduled departures1,163—10,341602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air26323%78.7%11.1 min1.1%
AA American Airlines13512%75.6%20.3 min0.7%
UA United Airlines12411%79.8%18.3 min2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines978%81.4%9.1 min1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways938%74.2%16.3 min2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines898%78.7%14.3 min1.1%
MQ Envoy Air867%79.1%10.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline666%86.4%0.3 min1.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines625%79.0%4.2 min1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air585%56.9%24.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines524%88.5%19.8 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines383%78.9%8.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago18678.5%18.6 min0.5%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit12080.8%8.3 min0.8%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte9372.0%26.6 min1.1%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York9384.9%5.8 min1.1%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta8978.7%14.3 min1.1%
SYR–BWISyracuse to Baltimore8980.9%10.0 min1.1%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington8985.4%15.5 min1.1%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York8174.1%15.2 min1.2%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando6879.4%4.5 min2.9%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark6687.9%-1.4 min1.5%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver4481.8%4.9 min2.3%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3145.2%46.6 min3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier41.6%36.7%9,776
Late-arriving aircraft36.8%42.2%8,642
National Aviation System18.0%15.7%4,236
Extreme weather3.6%5.1%849
Security0.0%0.2%0
23,503 delay minutes on 240 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SYR on time in August 2023?

78.2% of 1,163 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SYR · methodology · corrections.