OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Syracuse to Atlanta

793 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SYR–ATL arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%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-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights1,044

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline64%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft19%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline56%
  • Weather44%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 25 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 SYR → ATL

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 81% to 86% on time.

  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 25 min · 219 flights
  • Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,105 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 964 flights
  • Evenings81% on time · p90 45 min · 884 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 87% on time.

  • Wednesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 459 flights
  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 457 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 447 flights
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 30 min · 495 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 496 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 372 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 40 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.