Syracuse Hancock International in May 2026

86.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 959 domestic departures from Syracuse Hancock International (SYR). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so SYR departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 833 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at SYR that month were on time 80.0% of the time (957 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	SYR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	86.1%	81.6%	78.1%	77.1%
Arrived on time	84.6%	80.7%	73.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.6%	2.0%	2.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	11.9 min	19.2 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	28	28	20,391
Scheduled departures	959	833	10,341	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	158	16%	84.2%	24.3 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	155	16%	87.1%	-5.2 min	3.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	143	15%	93.7%	-13.6 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	133	14%	93.2%	-8.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	124	13%	85.5%	1.6 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	67	7%	61.2%	26.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	6%	82.3%	6.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	62	6%	61.3%	9.8 min	6.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	55	6%	89.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SYR–ORD	Syracuse to Chicago	222	83.8%	1.2 min	2.3%
SYR–CLT	Syracuse to Charlotte	93	84.9%	16.9 min	0.0%
SYR–ATL	Syracuse to Atlanta	91	91.2%	-8.7 min	0.0%
SYR–DCA	Syracuse to Washington	91	71.4%	5.3 min	4.4%
SYR–BOS	Syracuse to Boston	62	90.3%	-5.8 min	1.6%
SYR–MCO	Syracuse to Orlando	58	91.4%	-8.5 min	0.0%
SYR–DTW	Syracuse to Detroit	55	100.0%	-12.6 min	0.0%
SYR–FLL	Syracuse to Fort Lauderdale	41	68.3%	2.8 min	2.4%
SYR–DEN	Syracuse to Denver	40	80.0%	3.7 min	2.5%
SYR–IAD	Syracuse to Washington	37	89.2%	-2.4 min	2.7%
SYR–JFK	Syracuse to New York	37	100.0%	-21.6 min	0.0%
SYR–DFW	Syracuse to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	67.7%	81.0 min	6.5%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.7%	33.0%	5,804
Late-arriving aircraft	30.5%	40.4%	4,048
National Aviation System	17.2%	20.5%	2,280
Extreme weather	8.7%	6.0%	1,152
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,284 delay minutes on 133 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 May 2026?

86.1% of 959 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 81.6% of 833 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 86.1% and 1.6% in May 2026.

Provenance

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