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Airport month · December 2023
Syracuse Hancock International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,137 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 84.1% of the time (1,135 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 85.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.7%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.0%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.8% | — | 78.1% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 85.9% | — | 73.7% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 2.6% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.0 min | — | 19.2 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 38 | — | 28 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,137 | — | 10,341 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 205 | 18% | 90.7% | -13.9 min | 0.5% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 171 | 15% | 87.1% | -6.7 min | 0.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 123 | 11% | 87.8% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 118 | 10% | 83.9% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 113 | 10% | 92.0% | -13.0 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 92 | 8% | 75.0% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 92 | 8% | 80.4% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 72 | 6% | 97.2% | -22.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 60 | 5% | 78.3% | 0.5 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 36 | 3% | 72.2% | 11.6 min | 2.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 29 | 3% | 86.2% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 26 | 2% | 76.9% | 38.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYR–ORD | Syracuse to Chicago | 144 | 89.6% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–JFK | Syracuse to New York | 143 | 85.3% | -5.8 min | 0.7% |
| SYR–DTW | Syracuse to Detroit | 96 | 87.5% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–CLT | Syracuse to Charlotte | 92 | 80.4% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–BWI | Syracuse to Baltimore | 90 | 93.3% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–ATL | Syracuse to Atlanta | 82 | 91.5% | -16.5 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DCA | Syracuse to Washington | 82 | 92.7% | -14.7 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–MCO | Syracuse to Orlando | 80 | 67.5% | 8.9 min | 1.3% |
| SYR–LGA | Syracuse to New York | 76 | 88.2% | -11.9 min | 1.3% |
| SYR–EWR | Syracuse to Newark | 62 | 74.2% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DEN | Syracuse to Denver | 36 | 91.7% | -16.1 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–PHL | Syracuse to Philadelphia | 34 | 94.1% | -19.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SYR on time in December 2023?
86.8% of 1,137 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.