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American Airlines ORD to SYR on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Syracuse · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
50%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
50 min
98 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on ORD to SYR arrived on time 50% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1% were cancelled, and 27% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (65%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%August 2025: 40.0% on time, 2.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 61.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 51.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft65%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ORD to SYR

Full ORD to SYR comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

103 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 0 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.