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Route Reliability

Syracuse → Chicago

SYRORD · 607 miles · Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
2,361
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines76%1,239 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines72%1,122 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SYR–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 78% on time on Thursdays against 72% on Wednesdays.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 72%.

Trending in the right direction.

SYR–ORD flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
  • Mon72%(330 flights)
  • Tue76%(324 flights)
  • Wed72%(319 flights)
  • Thu78%(337 flights)
  • Fri75%(334 flights)
  • Sat74%(306 flights)
  • Sun73%(340 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(96 flights)
  • 6–9 AM80%(607 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(539 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(164 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(670 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(214 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 76% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%210
July 202574%207
August 202575%197
September 202583%187
October 202575%223
November 202568%183
December 202557%190
January 202671%154
February 202679%151
March 202663%171
April 202681%196
May 202686%221

Based on 2,361 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.