OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Atlanta to Syracuse

793 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ATL–SYR arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,044 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,044

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline45%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft31%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline54%
  • Weather46%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 24 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ATL → SYR

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 86% on time.

  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 219 flights
  • Mornings83% on time · p90 20 min · 941 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 40 min · 901 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,091 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 83% on time.

  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 447 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 459 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 457 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 372 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 45 min · 495 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 50 min · 496 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 45 min · 452 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.