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Route Reliability

New York → Syracuse

LGA–SYR · 198 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
6.4%
Cancelled
974
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 974 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

LGA–SYR flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 81% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–SYR flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 67%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Slipping a little lately.

LGA–SYR flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(139 flights)
  • Tue71%(147 flights)
  • Wed73%(142 flights)
  • Thu68%(139 flights)
  • Fri74%(147 flights)
  • Sat75%(57 flights)
  • Sun67%(140 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(299 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(300 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(32 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM68%(277 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 68% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%74
July 202567%73
August 202584%81
September 202580%81
October 202564%81
November 202568%74
December 202560%67
January 202682%73
February 202679%70
March 202659%75
April 202663%82
May 202681%80

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 974 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.