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Airport month · December 2025
Syracuse Hancock International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 864 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 67.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 57.1% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,044 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of −9.5 points, with flights down 17%.
Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 62.9% of the time (866 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 57.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 39.4%
- Cancelled 3.1%
- Diverted 0.5%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 67.7% | 77.2% | 78.1% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 57.1% | 73.1% | 73.7% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 3.1% | 0.3% | 2.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 33.3 min | 17.2 min | 19.2 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 29 | 35 | 28 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 864 | 1,044 | 10,341 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 203 | 23% | 63.5% | 30.4 min | 5.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 139 | 16% | 70.5% | 19.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 135 | 16% | 51.1% | 34.9 min | 3.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 120 | 14% | 56.7% | 34.8 min | 4.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 71 | 8% | 39.4% | 51.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 53 | 6% | 52.8% | 33.3 min | 7.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 48 | 6% | 43.8% | 44.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 44 | 5% | 43.2% | 50.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 40 | 5% | 70.0% | 17.9 min | 2.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 45.5% | 32.3 min | 9.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYR–ORD | Syracuse to Chicago | 195 | 52.8% | 39.2 min | 4.1% |
| SYR–ATL | Syracuse to Atlanta | 89 | 57.3% | 36.5 min | 4.5% |
| SYR–CLT | Syracuse to Charlotte | 87 | 74.7% | 21.2 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DCA | Syracuse to Washington | 74 | 63.5% | 34.5 min | 5.4% |
| SYR–MCO | Syracuse to Orlando | 72 | 55.6% | 31.0 min | 1.4% |
| SYR–JFK | Syracuse to New York | 62 | 51.6% | 43.1 min | 8.1% |
| SYR–DTW | Syracuse to Detroit | 42 | 59.5% | 24.2 min | 2.4% |
| SYR–EWR | Syracuse to Newark | 42 | 73.8% | 12.8 min | 7.1% |
| SYR–BOS | Syracuse to Boston | 31 | 45.2% | 31.0 min | 3.2% |
| SYR–DEN | Syracuse to Denver | 31 | 32.3% | 47.0 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–DFW | Syracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth | 31 | 61.3% | 15.0 min | 0.0% |
| SYR–PHL | Syracuse to Philadelphia | 17 | 52.9% | 38.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SYR on time in December 2025?
67.7% of 864 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 57.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 77.2% of 1,044 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 67.7% and 3.1% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.