Syracuse Hancock International in September 2024

88.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,039 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,104 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.3 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 83.5% of the time (1,039 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.4%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.5%	83.2%	78.1%	84.4%
Arrived on time	87.0%	83.6%	73.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.8%	2.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.2 min	11.9 min	19.2 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	37	28	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,039	1,104	10,341	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	190	18%	79.5%	4.8 min	1.1%
9E Endeavor Air	181	17%	96.7%	-12.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	117	11%	79.5%	4.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	111	11%	95.5%	-9.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	103	10%	90.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	88	8%	88.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	83	8%	85.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	79	8%	81.0%	12.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	35	3%	100.0%	-19.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	3%	60.7%	49.1 min	3.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	2%	87.5%	4.9 min	4.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SYR–ORD	Syracuse to Chicago	149	82.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
SYR–JFK	Syracuse to New York	146	87.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
SYR–DTW	Syracuse to Detroit	111	94.6%	-9.1 min	0.0%
SYR–CLT	Syracuse to Charlotte	108	73.1%	7.9 min	1.9%
SYR–DCA	Syracuse to Washington	89	92.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
SYR–ATL	Syracuse to Atlanta	82	89.0%	-0.4 min	0.0%
SYR–LGA	Syracuse to New York	81	98.8%	-12.6 min	0.0%
SYR–PHL	Syracuse to Philadelphia	50	80.0%	9.5 min	0.0%
SYR–MCO	Syracuse to Orlando	49	79.6%	5.2 min	2.0%
SYR–DEN	Syracuse to Denver	32	96.9%	-9.8 min	0.0%
SYR–BOS	Syracuse to Boston	31	90.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
SYR–DFW	Syracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	90.0%	5.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.2%	38.6%	4,491
Late-arriving aircraft	29.4%	38.4%	2,681
National Aviation System	17.1%	18.2%	1,558
Extreme weather	4.2%	4.8%	382
Security	0.1%	0.1%	10

9,122 delay minutes on 129 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SYR on time in September 2024?

88.5% of 1,039 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 83.2% of 1,104 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 88.5% and 0.4% in September 2024.

Provenance

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