Syracuse Hancock International in April 2026

82.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 926 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 881 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 78.8% of the time (929 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 27%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	82.4%	82.4%	78.1%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.3%	78.4%	73.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.5%	2.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	13.3 min	19.2 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	29	28	19,931
Scheduled departures	926	881	10,341	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	228	25%	82.9%	-3.3 min	2.2%
AA American Airlines	164	18%	87.8%	-2.1 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	141	15%	85.1%	-2.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	118	13%	88.1%	-12.7 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	86	9%	60.5%	14.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	59	6%	78.0%	5.4 min	3.4%
OH PSA Airlines	55	6%	69.1%	13.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	36	4%	80.6%	0.0 min	2.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	3%	59.3%	26.1 min	3.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	1%	50.0%	28.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SYR–ORD	Syracuse to Chicago	190	77.4%	1.5 min	3.7%
SYR–CLT	Syracuse to Charlotte	89	87.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SYR–DCA	Syracuse to Washington	89	71.9%	10.9 min	0.0%
SYR–ATL	Syracuse to Atlanta	88	90.9%	-14.1 min	0.0%
SYR–MCO	Syracuse to Orlando	72	73.6%	2.5 min	0.0%
SYR–JFK	Syracuse to New York	60	100.0%	-13.9 min	0.0%
SYR–LGA	Syracuse to New York	59	83.1%	0.1 min	1.7%
SYR–BOS	Syracuse to Boston	54	77.8%	12.0 min	0.0%
SYR–FLL	Syracuse to Fort Lauderdale	42	47.6%	24.6 min	0.0%
SYR–DTW	Syracuse to Detroit	32	81.3%	-9.6 min	6.3%
SYR–DEN	Syracuse to Denver	30	80.0%	3.4 min	3.3%
SYR–DFW	Syracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	90.0%	-5.0 min	3.3%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.2%	33.5%	3,087
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	40.4%	4,263
National Aviation System	29.7%	21.0%	3,372
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.0%	614
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,336 delay minutes on 170 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SYR on time in April 2026?

82.4% of 926 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 82.4% of 881 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 1.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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