On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2026

Syracuse Hancock International in February 2026

73.8%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 694 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 73.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.9% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 862 departures with 71.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 71.1% of the time (696 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 18%.

Every scheduled departure from SYR in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time73.8%71.6%78.1%78.1%
Arrived on time69.9%61.1%73.7%78.3%
Cancelled2.3%5.2%2.6%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.8 min28.0 min19.2 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day23292817,168
Scheduled departures69486210,341515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline12919%63.6%11.6 min4.7%
AA American Airlines11817%66.1%38.0 min1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines10615%87.7%-6.2 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways10215%58.8%14.0 min5.9%
G4 Allegiant Air8112%69.1%3.1 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air467%91.3%-10.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines426%64.3%13.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines294%75.9%6.7 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines284%53.6%100.8 min7.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines132%76.9%5.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SYR–ORDSyracuse to Chicago12575.2%2.0 min0.8%
SYR–DCASyracuse to Washington8046.3%65.0 min6.3%
SYR–ATLSyracuse to Atlanta7889.7%-9.7 min0.0%
SYR–CLTSyracuse to Charlotte7676.3%10.5 min2.6%
SYR–DTWSyracuse to Detroit6275.8%7.7 min0.0%
SYR–MCOSyracuse to Orlando5470.4%8.6 min0.0%
SYR–JFKSyracuse to New York3357.6%19.6 min9.1%
SYR–BOSSyracuse to Boston2846.4%14.1 min10.7%
SYR–DENSyracuse to Denver2878.6%6.0 min0.0%
SYR–LGASyracuse to New York2665.4%3.8 min7.7%
SYR–FLLSyracuse to Fort Lauderdale2259.1%19.5 min0.0%
SYR–DFWSyracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth1752.9%136.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier36.6%38.2%5,780
Late-arriving aircraft43.9%37.2%6,938
National Aviation System18.4%18.5%2,912
Extreme weather1.1%6.0%173
Security0.0%0.2%0
15,803 delay minutes on 190 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 February 2026?

73.8% of 694 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 71.6% of 862 departures left on time and 5.2% were cancelled, against 73.8% and 2.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.