Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Syracuse
607 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on ORD–SYR arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights
based on 1,803 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Republic AirwaysOn-time75%Medianon timep9055 minCancel3.2%Flights601
- American AirlinesOn-time50%Median10 minp90155 minCancel1.0%Flights103
- United AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9055 minCancel1.1%Flights435
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9065 minCancel0.0%Flights69
- Envoy AirOn-time77%Medianon timep9030 minCancel1.8%Flights595
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline23%
- Weather10%
- Air traffic (NAS)19%
- Late aircraft48%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly ORD → SYR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 63% to 83% on time.
- Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,406 flights
- Mornings81% on time · p90 30 min · 1,091 flights
- Afternoons79% on time · p90 35 min · 777 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 60 min · 1,819 flights
- Overnights63% on time · p90 75 min · 238 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 79% on time.
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 783 flights
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 727 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 35 min · 795 flights
- Wednesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 720 flights
- Tuesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 723 flights
- Fridays75% on time · p90 50 min · 789 flights
- Sundays75% on time · p90 50 min · 799 flights
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