On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2025

Syracuse Hancock International in March 2025

80.4%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 890 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,190 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 25%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 73.8% of the time (888 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 25%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time80.4%82.2%78.1%79.9%
Arrived on time79.3%81.7%73.7%79.3%
Cancelled1.0%0.8%2.6%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.6 min15.2 min19.2 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day30402820,029
Scheduled departures8901,19010,341600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline16819%84.5%-1.4 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways12414%83.1%-7.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines12214%90.2%-6.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines12013%76.7%9.3 min1.7%
OH PSA Airlines11413%60.5%21.9 min5.3%
G4 Allegiant Air8510%67.1%12.4 min1.2%
UA United Airlines627%93.5%-10.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines415%75.6%15.7 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air303%83.3%-8.1 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines243%79.2%6.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago15286.2%-3.4 min0.0%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington11962.2%20.0 min5.0%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta9191.2%-9.3 min0.0%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte8975.3%11.5 min1.1%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York7085.7%-12.3 min0.0%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando5782.5%2.0 min0.0%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit5676.8%13.9 min0.0%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York3976.9%7.3 min0.0%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston3180.6%-3.3 min0.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver3193.5%-6.2 min0.0%
SYR–DFWSyracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth3180.6%3.0 min3.2%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark3190.3%-15.3 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier33.4%33.0%4,229
Late-arriving aircraft38.3%39.2%4,850
National Aviation System24.9%21.9%3,150
Extreme weather3.4%5.9%428
Security0.0%0.1%0
12,657 delay minutes on 173 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 March 2025?

80.4% of 890 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 82.2% of 1,190 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.0% in March 2025.

Provenance

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