On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

Syracuse Hancock International in January 2025

79.1%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 912 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.3% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so SYR departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,071 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 71.4% of the time (911 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 31%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from SYR in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time79.1%81.0%78.1%79.3%
Arrived on time70.3%77.8%73.7%78.6%
Cancelled3.1%2.8%2.6%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.5 min14.9 min19.2 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day30362817,992
Scheduled departures9121,07110,341539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline25828%77.5%2.8 min1.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways13615%64.7%11.4 min2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines11112%67.6%22.2 min1.8%
OH PSA Airlines10712%63.6%35.8 min10.3%
AA American Airlines9911%75.8%18.2 min4.0%
UA United Airlines687%75.0%3.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air536%66.0%14.8 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines374%62.2%28.6 min2.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines263%61.5%16.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air172%58.8%23.0 min11.8%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago11367.3%10.1 min2.7%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington11164.0%34.4 min9.9%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte9376.3%13.5 min4.3%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York9173.6%8.8 min4.4%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta8062.5%30.3 min2.5%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York7977.2%4.6 min1.3%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando7762.3%14.5 min0.0%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit6770.1%16.1 min1.5%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark5388.7%-13.5 min1.9%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3164.5%8.6 min0.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver3174.2%2.4 min0.0%
SYR–IADSyracuse to Washington1478.6%17.7 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier30.7%36.2%6,211
Late-arriving aircraft28.5%34.7%5,776
National Aviation System20.6%19.9%4,174
Extreme weather20.2%9.1%4,093
Security0.0%0.2%2
20,256 delay minutes on 241 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 January 2025?

79.1% of 912 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 81.0% of 1,071 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 3.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.