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SYR vs ATL - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
SYR

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse, New York

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Airport B
ATL

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric SYR ATL
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.5% 83.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 79.9 min 72.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.5% 16.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.41% 0.79%
Total Flights 131,663 3,758,561
Delayed Flights 24,304 613,025
Cancelled Flights 1,851 29,771
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

SYR - Syracuse, NY

Carrier 37.1%
Late Aircraft 35.6%
NAS 20.7%
Weather 6.5%
Security 0.1%

ATL - Atlanta, GA

Carrier 46.8%
Late Aircraft 27.2%
NAS 19.4%
Weather 6.4%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from SYR

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → SYR
Syracuse
8,935 79.8%
SYR → ORD
Chicago
8,888 81.8%
JFK → SYR
Syracuse
6,916 80.1%
SYR → JFK
New York
6,913 85%
SYR → DTW
Detroit
6,599 88.3%
DTW → SYR
Syracuse
6,598 85.7%

Top routes from ATL

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → ATL
Atlanta
47,291 78.1%
ATL → MCO
Orlando
47,234 76.2%
FLL → ATL
Atlanta
42,458 77.5%
ATL → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
42,441 77.2%
ATL → LGA
New York
42,079 80.8%
LGA → ATL
Atlanta
42,078 82.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.