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Airport month · October 2024

Syracuse Hancock International in October 2024

88.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,081 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,149 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.3 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 86.0% of the time (1,082 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 10%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time88.6%86.3%78.1%85.5%
Arrived on time88.7%86.5%73.7%85.8%
Cancelled1.0%0.2%2.6%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.4 min8.4 min19.2 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day36382820,517
Scheduled departures1,0811,14910,341615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines20119%84.6%6.6 min1.0%
9E Endeavor Air15815%98.1%-14.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines13613%86.0%-2.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways12712%87.4%-3.5 min1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines11511%88.7%-8.1 min0.9%
UA United Airlines959%90.5%3.1 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air908%88.9%-8.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline838%96.4%-19.3 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air404%70.0%17.4 min7.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines202%85.0%-10.0 min10.0%
OH PSA Airlines161%81.3%-0.7 min6.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York15396.1%-8.4 min0.0%
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago14986.6%0.6 min0.0%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit11585.2%-5.1 min0.0%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte11380.5%17.8 min0.9%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington9292.4%-9.3 min1.1%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York8590.6%-7.6 min0.0%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta8488.1%-8.2 min1.2%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark5798.2%-23.4 min0.0%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando5680.4%-8.1 min7.1%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3193.5%-5.7 min0.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver31100.0%-10.8 min0.0%
SYR–DFWSyracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth3187.1%-8.6 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier51.9%42.7%4,124
Late-arriving aircraft36.5%37.4%2,901
National Aviation System10.3%16.3%819
Extreme weather1.3%3.4%100
Security0.0%0.2%0
7,944 delay minutes on 111 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 2024?

88.6% of 1,081 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.3% of 1,149 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 88.6% and 1.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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