On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Syracuse Hancock International in February 2025

71.6%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 862 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 71.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.1% reached their destination on time; 5.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 7.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,096 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −13.9 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 71.0% of the time (863 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, national aviation system 28% and extreme weather 21%.

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

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

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time71.6%85.5%78.1%79.2%
Arrived on time61.1%84.9%73.7%77.9%
Cancelled5.2%0.5%2.6%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)28.0 min12.2 min19.2 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day29372816,830
Scheduled departures8621,09610,341504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline24428%63.9%15.5 min6.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways12715%63.0%16.4 min3.9%
DL Delta Air Lines10913%67.9%25.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines10112%37.6%64.5 min18.8%
AA American Airlines9711%71.1%16.5 min3.1%
G4 Allegiant Air698%50.7%45.0 min0.0%
UA United Airlines566%57.1%40.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines374%67.6%27.3 min2.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines121%83.3%-4.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air101%80.0%-20.0 min20.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago11859.3%13.9 min6.8%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington10537.1%66.4 min18.1%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York8571.8%20.6 min3.5%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando8360.2%27.9 min2.4%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte8273.2%13.2 min2.4%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta8165.4%23.0 min0.0%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York7364.4%9.5 min5.5%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit4278.6%23.0 min0.0%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark3974.4%3.8 min5.1%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston2867.9%3.1 min10.7%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver2850.0%53.1 min0.0%
SYR–PIESyracuse to St. Petersburg1844.4%67.2 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier33.7%33.9%9,330
Late-arriving aircraft16.6%36.9%4,588
National Aviation System28.4%22.5%7,878
Extreme weather21.2%6.6%5,878
Security0.1%0.1%34
27,708 delay minutes on 289 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 February 2025?

71.6% of 862 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.5% of 1,096 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 71.6% and 5.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

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