EWR to SYR flight delays
Newark, NJ (EWR) Syracuse, NY (SYR) · 194 miles
327 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · the publishing regulator
77.52%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.12%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 6.12% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 35.2 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 21 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only Republic Airways flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on EWR to SYR. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in December.
Every airline on EWR to SYR
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 290 | 81.99% | 6.21% | 60 min | D |
| United Airlines | 37 | 42.86% | 5.41% | 58 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SYR to EWR Syracuse back to Newark 77.74% on time DOther routes from Newark
Common questions
Are flights from Newark to Syracuse usually delayed?
77.52% of flights on the EWR to SYR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Newark to Syracuse?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 290 flights and 81.99% arriving on time.
How often are EWR to SYR flights cancelled?
6.12% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 61 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Newark to Syracuse?
September, when 94.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 59%.
When EWR to SYR flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on EWR to SYR during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →