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Airport month · August 2024

Syracuse Hancock International in August 2024

75.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,135 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 4.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SYR departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,163 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 66.2% of the time (1,134 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 20%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time75.7%78.2%78.1%75.4%
Arrived on time72.9%78.2%73.7%74.7%
Cancelled4.4%1.1%2.6%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.8 min21.1 min19.2 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day38392820,634
Scheduled departures1,1351,16310,341619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air21519%74.4%12.3 min7.4%
AA American Airlines14112%68.8%18.6 min1.4%
YX Republic Airline13312%72.9%1.1 min9.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines11110%73.9%2.4 min6.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways938%66.7%24.8 min8.6%
DL Delta Air Lines857%91.8%-8.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines857%72.9%12.8 min2.4%
UA United Airlines827%76.8%10.3 min1.2%
MQ Envoy Air716%77.5%4.6 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines595%66.1%2.7 min3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air444%56.8%37.0 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines161%43.8%55.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago14470.1%15.0 min0.0%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York12462.9%19.8 min13.7%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte11959.7%23.5 min2.5%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit11675.9%3.8 min2.6%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta9591.6%-7.8 min0.0%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington8870.5%12.0 min6.8%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York8371.1%9.0 min9.6%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando5673.2%3.2 min0.0%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark5176.5%-14.8 min11.8%
SYR–PHLSyracuse to Philadelphia5192.2%-0.2 min2.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver4689.1%-5.6 min2.2%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3171.0%41.9 min6.5%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier39.0%33.8%7,680
Late-arriving aircraft36.4%39.8%7,174
National Aviation System20.4%20.4%4,017
Extreme weather4.2%5.9%832
Security0.0%0.1%0
19,703 delay minutes on 256 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 2024?

75.7% of 1,135 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 78.2% of 1,163 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 4.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.