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Airport month · September 2023

Syracuse Hancock International in September 2023

83.2%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,104 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 77.6% of the time (1,103 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2023Year earlierSYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time83.2%—78.1%80.5%
Arrived on time83.6%—73.7%80.1%
Cancelled2.8%—2.6%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.9 min—19.2 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day37—2818,978
Scheduled departures1,104—10,341569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air19618%77.0%2.3 min7.1%
YX Republic Airline13012%80.0%-2.3 min4.6%
AA American Airlines12211%86.9%4.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines11711%83.8%12.5 min2.6%
DL Delta Air Lines10610%95.3%-7.1 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways999%70.7%11.5 min5.1%
WN Southwest Airlines918%90.1%-1.9 min1.1%
MQ Envoy Air727%91.7%5.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air515%84.3%-1.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines474%76.6%4.1 min2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines414%87.8%-2.8 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines323%93.8%-2.8 min3.1%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago15888.0%7.5 min0.6%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York12176.0%2.1 min9.9%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit10485.6%-1.8 min0.0%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte8885.2%5.1 min0.0%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York8672.1%2.3 min8.1%
SYR–BWISyracuse to Baltimore8589.4%-1.5 min1.2%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington8592.9%-5.1 min2.4%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta8095.0%-5.4 min0.0%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark8075.0%4.5 min7.5%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando6381.0%4.9 min0.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver3293.8%6.0 min0.0%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3053.3%26.3 min3.3%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2023Minutes
Air carrier32.9%36.4%3,869
Late-arriving aircraft38.1%38.3%4,484
National Aviation System20.6%19.9%2,424
Extreme weather8.4%5.1%982
Security0.0%0.2%0
11,759 delay minutes on 150 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 September 2023?

83.2% of 1,104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.