ORD → SYR: 72% on-time

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Syracuse

607 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–SYR arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min

p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)

Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,916 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.

Airline	On-time	Median	p90	Cancel	Flights
Envoy Air	75%	on time	35 min	2.4%	677
Republic Airways	75%	on time	60 min	3.4%	684
SkyWest Airlines⚠ low data	72%	on time	45 min	0.0%	100
United Airlines	69%	on time	65 min	1.1%	352
American Airlines⚠ low data	50%	10 min	155 min	1.0%	103

Why flights run late

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 44 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

By season

When to fly

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

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 65% to 82% on time.

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 78% on time.

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