Syracuse, NY

What the Data Says About SYR

Syracuse, NY in Syracuse, New York handled 131,663 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 81.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 24,304 experienced delays, 1,851 were cancelled, and 122 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.41%, the diversion rate to 0.09%, and the average delay when departures run late is 79.9 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing SYR against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at SYR, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 37.1% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 35.6% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 20.7%. Weather contributes 6.5% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at SYR with a 94.3% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 89.3% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 1,968. The busiest route from SYR is to SYR (Syracuse), with 8,935 flights at a 79.8% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 81.5% on-time, 79.9-minute average delay, 1.41% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Syracuse, NY.