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Airport Reliability

SYR · Syracuse

Syracuse Hancock International Airport

81%
Departures within 15 minutes
14 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.7%
Departures cancelled

Based on 16,059 departures and 16,056 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from SYR departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 79% on time on Wednesdays against 74% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from SYR arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

When SYR gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(1166 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(4495 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(2431 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(2859 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(2952 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(1615 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(67 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(2279 flights)
  • Tue78%(2095 flights)
  • Wed79%(2154 flights)
  • Thu79%(2334 flights)
  • Fri78%(2311 flights)
  • Sat77%(2057 flights)
  • Sun74%(2355 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 76% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%1312
July 202576%1363
August 202583%1429
September 202586%1315
October 202583%1424
November 202571%1249
December 202561%1273
January 202670%1073
February 202674%1074
March 202673%1294
April 202684%1378
May 202685%1401

Airlines departing SYR

Busiest routes from SYR

Based on 16,059 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.