Syracuse Hancock International in December 2024

77.2%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,044 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,137 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of −9.6 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 74.8% of the time (1,044 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, national aviation system 28% and late-arriving aircraft 23%.

On time 73.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	77.2%	86.8%	78.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	73.1%	85.9%	73.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	2.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	11.0 min	19.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	38	28	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,044	1,137	10,341	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	156	15%	78.2%	2.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	147	14%	63.9%	18.0 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	144	14%	61.8%	17.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	119	11%	73.1%	15.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	117	11%	80.3%	5.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	79	8%	86.1%	0.1 min	1.3%
UA United Airlines	78	7%	67.9%	15.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	72	7%	68.1%	13.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	67	6%	80.6%	6.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	38	4%	92.1%	-3.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	3%	66.7%	18.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SYR–JFK	Syracuse to New York	133	75.9%	9.4 min	0.0%
SYR–ORD	Syracuse to Chicago	127	73.2%	8.3 min	0.8%
SYR–DTW	Syracuse to Detroit	107	72.9%	12.6 min	0.0%
SYR–CLT	Syracuse to Charlotte	91	82.4%	4.1 min	0.0%
SYR–MCO	Syracuse to Orlando	89	66.3%	15.6 min	0.0%
SYR–ATL	Syracuse to Atlanta	88	75.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
SYR–DCA	Syracuse to Washington	85	69.4%	11.5 min	0.0%
SYR–LGA	Syracuse to New York	75	62.7%	18.0 min	0.0%
SYR–EWR	Syracuse to Newark	49	75.5%	0.5 min	0.0%
SYR–BOS	Syracuse to Boston	31	61.3%	18.6 min	6.5%
SYR–DEN	Syracuse to Denver	31	87.1%	5.2 min	0.0%
SYR–MSP	Syracuse to Minneapolis	30	56.7%	7.0 min	0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	34.3%	7,212
Late-arriving aircraft	22.5%	40.2%	4,258
National Aviation System	27.9%	17.8%	5,275
Extreme weather	11.4%	7.5%	2,144
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

18,889 delay minutes on 277 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 December 2024?

77.2% of 1,044 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 86.8% of 1,137 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 77.2% and 0.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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