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Airport month · September 2025
Syracuse Hancock International in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 801 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,039 departures with 88.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights down 23%.
Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 79.9% of the time (806 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 84.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.5%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.0% | 88.5% | 78.1% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.3% | 87.0% | 73.7% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.0 min | 9.2 min | 19.2 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 27 | 35 | 28 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 801 | 1,039 | 10,341 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 185 | 23% | 82.2% | 3.2 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 114 | 14% | 78.1% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 112 | 14% | 93.8% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 92 | 11% | 83.7% | 0.9 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 86 | 11% | 91.9% | -2.7 min | 1.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 79 | 10% | 89.9% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 68 | 8% | 80.9% | 3.4 min | 1.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 34 | 4% | 64.7% | 18.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 26 | 3% | 76.9% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 5 | 1% | 100.0% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYR–ORD | Syracuse to Chicago | 189 | 81.0% | 4.3 min | 0.5% |
| SYR–CLT | Syracuse to Charlotte | 97 | 91.8% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–ATL | Syracuse to Atlanta | 91 | 91.2% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DCA | Syracuse to Washington | 86 | 76.7% | 9.9 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DEN | Syracuse to Denver | 54 | 83.3% | 9.3 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–EWR | Syracuse to Newark | 54 | 75.9% | 2.6 min | 1.9% |
| SYR–MCO | Syracuse to Orlando | 40 | 85.0% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DFW | Syracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth | 30 | 83.3% | -10.4 min | 3.3% |
| SYR–DTW | Syracuse to Detroit | 30 | 100.0% | -12.9 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–JFK | Syracuse to New York | 30 | 86.7% | -7.9 min | 3.3% |
| SYR–BOS | Syracuse to Boston | 24 | 100.0% | -16.5 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–PHL | Syracuse to Philadelphia | 23 | 87.0% | 17.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SYR on time in September 2025?
87.0% of 801 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 88.5% of 1,039 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.5% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.