Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Syracuse
1,337 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–SYR arrive on time 50% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate50%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay105 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.3%of scheduled flights
based on 276 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time50%Median10 minp90105 minCancel3.3%Flights276
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline42%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft48%
- Security1%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline11%
- Weather78%
- Air traffic (NAS)11%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 9 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 DFW → SYR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 46% to 55% on time.
- Wednesdays55% on time · p90 105 min · 140 flights · limited
- Saturdays54% on time · p90 65 min · 143 flights · limited
- Mondays53% on time · p90 105 min · 144 flights · limited
- Thursdays53% on time · p90 105 min · 145 flights · limited
- Tuesdays51% on time · p90 100 min · 138 flights · limited
- Fridays50% on time · p90 110 min · 147 flights · limited
- Sundays46% on time · p90 120 min · 147 flights · limited
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