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Airport month · May 2025
Syracuse Hancock International in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 833 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,154 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 28%.
Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 72.8% of the time (828 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 80.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.6% | 81.2% | 78.1% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 80.7% | 80.7% | 73.7% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.9 min | 18.9 min | 19.2 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 28 | 39 | 28 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 833 | 1,154 | 10,341 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 150 | 18% | 80.7% | 5.8 min | 2.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 121 | 15% | 82.6% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 121 | 15% | 85.1% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 111 | 13% | 83.8% | -2.1 min | 2.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 80 | 10% | 82.5% | -8.6 min | 7.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 69 | 8% | 85.5% | 8.3 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 68 | 8% | 82.4% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 62 | 7% | 64.5% | 22.8 min | 8.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 33 | 4% | 81.8% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 2% | 38.9% | 32.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYR–ORD | Syracuse to Chicago | 186 | 83.9% | -0.1 min | 1.6% |
| SYR–ATL | Syracuse to Atlanta | 94 | 78.7% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–CLT | Syracuse to Charlotte | 93 | 80.6% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DCA | Syracuse to Washington | 92 | 69.6% | 17.6 min | 6.5% |
| SYR–MCO | Syracuse to Orlando | 66 | 62.1% | 13.3 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DTW | Syracuse to Detroit | 56 | 94.6% | -9.1 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–EWR | Syracuse to Newark | 41 | 75.6% | -13.7 min | 14.6% |
| SYR–JFK | Syracuse to New York | 36 | 91.7% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–BOS | Syracuse to Boston | 31 | 96.8% | -10.0 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DEN | Syracuse to Denver | 31 | 90.3% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DFW | Syracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth | 31 | 80.6% | 1.9 min | 6.5% |
| SYR–PIE | Syracuse to St. Petersburg | 15 | 86.7% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SYR on time in May 2025?
81.6% of 833 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 81.2% of 1,154 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 2.0% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.