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United Airlines SYR to ORD on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on SYR to ORD arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.4% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (44%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 73.6% on time, 1.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 65.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 64.3% on time, 9.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26April 2026: 77.8% on time, 3.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.3% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.3% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Late-arriving aircraft17%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SYR to ORD

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

419 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 2 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.