OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Syracuse to New York

209 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.3%of scheduled flights

based on 447 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time100%
    Medianon time
    p90on time
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights30
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel4.6%
    Flights417

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Late aircraft28%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline26%
  • Weather63%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 19 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 → JFK

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 62% to 85% on time.

  • Middays85% on time · p90 30 min · 680 flights
  • Mornings84% on time · p90 15 min · 1,556 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 50 min · 597 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 105 min · 340 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 85% on time.

  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 455 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 438 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 439 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 458 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 457 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 470 flights
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 40 min · 464 flights

Keep exploring

Related pages

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.