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Airport month · May 2024

Syracuse Hancock International in May 2024

81.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,154 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 7.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 73.9% of the time (1,155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from SYR in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierSYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time81.2%—78.1%73.4%
Arrived on time80.7%—73.7%72.3%
Cancelled0.9%—2.6%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.9 min—19.2 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day39—2820,325
Scheduled departures1,154—10,341609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air22419%90.6%-6.0 min0.9%
AA American Airlines15113%64.2%44.6 min1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines12311%74.0%18.2 min0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines12010%78.3%9.5 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways938%86.0%-6.1 min1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines888%88.6%0.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline878%89.7%4.7 min1.1%
MQ Envoy Air867%73.3%18.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines837%91.6%-8.9 min2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air575%75.4%10.6 min1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines414%68.3%14.4 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines10%0.0%129.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago15371.9%15.9 min2.0%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York12488.7%8.5 min0.0%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit11983.2%-0.7 min0.0%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta9587.4%1.2 min0.0%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte9468.1%29.8 min0.0%
SYR–BWISyracuse to Baltimore8982.0%6.7 min0.0%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington8983.1%10.4 min1.1%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York8589.4%-9.7 min2.4%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando7675.0%6.1 min1.3%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver4584.4%-3.2 min0.0%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark3984.6%-2.2 min2.6%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3190.3%-6.4 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier43.1%29.8%9,106
Late-arriving aircraft34.1%43.0%7,209
National Aviation System16.9%20.1%3,577
Extreme weather6.0%7.0%1,260
Security0.0%0.1%0
21,152 delay minutes on 209 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 May 2024?

81.2% of 1,154 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.