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Airport month · October 2023

Syracuse Hancock International in October 2023

86.3%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,149 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,150 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2023Year earlierSYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time86.3%—78.1%83.8%
Arrived on time86.5%—73.7%84.0%
Cancelled0.2%—2.6%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.4 min—19.2 min11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day38—2819,966
Scheduled departures1,149—10,341598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air19017%92.6%-11.6 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline15413%87.0%-5.5 min0.0%
AA American Airlines12211%84.4%1.9 min0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines12010%84.2%1.0 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines11710%87.2%-4.1 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways11610%76.7%5.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines928%93.5%-6.8 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air787%88.5%-1.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air696%76.8%4.4 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines484%93.8%-7.7 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines393%82.1%4.8 min2.6%
OH PSA Airlines40%100.0%-15.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago14090.7%-3.7 min0.0%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York13285.6%-4.7 min0.0%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit10991.7%-7.4 min0.0%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte9184.6%3.5 min0.0%
SYR–BWISyracuse to Baltimore8982.0%2.9 min0.0%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington8991.0%-9.1 min0.0%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta8687.2%-2.6 min0.0%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando8078.8%2.3 min1.3%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York7094.3%-10.8 min0.0%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark6485.9%-4.6 min0.0%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3177.4%1.4 min0.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver3183.9%-0.3 min0.0%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2023Minutes
Air carrier28.7%41.3%2,308
Late-arriving aircraft52.4%40.5%4,217
National Aviation System17.3%14.4%1,392
Extreme weather1.6%3.7%130
Security0.0%0.2%1
8,048 delay minutes on 153 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 October 2023?

86.3% of 1,149 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.