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Route Reliability

Syracuse → Washington

SYRDCA · 298 miles · Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
5.2%
Cancelled
1,029
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 1,029 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SYR–DCA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 53% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

SYR–DCA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays and just 64% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 5.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

SYR–DCA flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(141 flights)
  • Tue73%(142 flights)
  • Wed64%(146 flights)
  • Thu65%(148 flights)
  • Fri66%(142 flights)
  • Sat80%(107 flights)
  • Sun72%(147 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(184 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(131 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(73 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(284 flights)
  • 3–6 PM53%(292 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 80% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%75
July 202568%80
August 202583%90
September 202577%86
October 202574%88
November 202555%82
December 202567%70
January 202660%70
February 202651%74
March 202666%82
April 202673%89
May 202677%87

Based on 1,029 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.