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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Syracuse

MSP–SYR · 860 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
262
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 262 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

MSP–SYR flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

MSP–SYR flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Saturdays and just 57% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

MSP–SYR flights arrived on time 60% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(36 flights)
  • Tue76%(38 flights)
  • Wed78%(36 flights)
  • Thu57%(37 flights)
  • Fri75%(36 flights)
  • Sat97%(37 flights)
  • Sun66%(38 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM100%(15 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(243 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 83% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202571%31
August 202581%31
September 202560%30
October 202594%31
November 202592%26
December 202552%27
April 202661%18
May 202668%31

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Based on 262 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.