PHL to SYR flight delays
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Syracuse, NY (SYR) · 228 miles
324 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
69.26%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
8.64%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
89 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
28 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: 8.64% 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 38.9 points more punctual than in July — 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 better. The later months in the record run 18.7 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The two directions do not behave alike. SYR to PHL arrives on time 16.8 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, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on PHL to SYR. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in December.
Every airline on PHL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 247 | 67.71% | 9.72% | 94 min | F |
| American Airlines | 44 | 77.27% | 0% | 77 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 33 | 68.97% | 12.12% | 66 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SYR to PHL Syracuse back to Philadelphia 86.08% on time BOther routes from Philadelphia
Common questions
Are flights from Philadelphia to Syracuse usually delayed?
69.26% of flights on the PHL to SYR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Philadelphia to Syracuse?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 247 flights and 67.71% arriving on time.
How often are PHL to SYR flights cancelled?
8.64% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 86 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Philadelphia to Syracuse?
September, when 87% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 48.1%.
When PHL to SYR flights are late, how late are they?
About 89 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 PHL 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 →