JFK to SYR flight delays
New York, NY (JFK) Syracuse, NY (SYR) · 209 miles
1,668 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
75.7%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.36%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
65 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Endeavor Air arrived on time 14.3 points more often than JetBlue Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 59.4 points more punctual than in June — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.36% 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 two directions do not behave alike. SYR to JFK arrives on time 6.2 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Endeavor Air arrived on time most often on JFK to SYR. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in June.
Every airline on JFK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 962 | 70.14% | 3.01% | 65 min | D |
| Endeavor Air | 428 | 84.44% | 5.14% | 69 min | C |
| Republic Airways | 278 | 81.68% | 1.8% | 57 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SYR to JFK Syracuse back to New York 81.93% on time COther routes from New York
Common questions
Are flights from New York to Syracuse usually delayed?
75.7% of flights on the JFK 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 airline is most on time from New York to Syracuse?
Endeavor Air, at 84.44% on time across 428 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 70.14%.
How often are JFK to SYR flights cancelled?
3.36% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 34 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly New York to Syracuse?
October, when 96.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 36.7%.
When JFK to SYR flights are late, how late are they?
About 65 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 JFK to SYR during July 2024 – July 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 →