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SYR vs JFK - 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
JFK

New York, NY

New York, New York

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric SYR JFK
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.5% 79.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 79.9 min 82.5 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.5% 20.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.41% 1.33%
Total Flights 131,663 1,274,816
Delayed Flights 24,304 263,153
Cancelled Flights 1,851 16,932
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%

JFK - New York, NY

Carrier 43.4%
Late Aircraft 28.3%
NAS 24.4%
Weather 3.6%
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 JFK

Route Flights On-Time
JFK → LAX
Los Angeles
53,628 81.3%
LAX → JFK
New York
53,619 81.8%
JFK → SFO
San Francisco
35,481 81.9%
SFO → JFK
New York
35,481 83.2%
JFK → BOS
Boston
30,732 77.6%
BOS → JFK
New York
30,700 80.3%

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.