On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2025

Syracuse Hancock International in August 2025

80.7%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 887 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,135 departures with 75.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.0 points, with flights down 22%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 74.2% of the time (885 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time80.7%75.7%78.1%76.8%
Arrived on time78.6%72.9%73.7%76.3%
Cancelled2.0%4.4%2.6%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.6 min17.8 min19.2 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day30382820,079
Scheduled departures8871,13510,341602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines16919%75.1%10.1 min3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways12414%84.7%7.4 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines12414%89.5%-6.2 min3.2%
UA United Airlines11113%76.6%10.3 min0.9%
YX Republic Airline10612%80.2%5.4 min2.8%
MQ Envoy Air738%68.5%19.4 min2.7%
G4 Allegiant Air708%65.7%18.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines708%85.7%3.2 min1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines253%60.0%17.9 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines152%86.7%0.3 min6.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago18671.5%13.9 min3.2%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte10382.5%6.2 min1.9%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta10281.4%-2.9 min3.9%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington9281.5%6.5 min2.2%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando7174.6%18.5 min0.0%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver5780.7%5.3 min0.0%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit5596.4%-4.7 min0.0%
SYR–EWRSyracuse to Newark4571.1%19.8 min2.2%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston31100.0%-14.5 min0.0%
SYR–DFWSyracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth3171.0%5.6 min3.2%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York3190.3%2.9 min3.2%
SYR–PIESyracuse to St. Petersburg1735.3%26.6 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier29.7%33.1%3,939
Late-arriving aircraft36.0%40.5%4,784
National Aviation System26.1%19.2%3,460
Extreme weather8.3%7.0%1,097
Security0.0%0.1%0
13,280 delay minutes on 169 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 August 2025?

80.7% of 887 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 75.7% of 1,135 departures left on time and 4.4% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 2.0% in August 2025.

Provenance

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