DCA → SYR American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Syracuse, NY · 1,029 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 51 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 6–9pm vs. 52% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+69 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How on-time is American Airlines from DCA to SYR?

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → SYR (1,029 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +69 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time66969%
16-30 min9410%
31-60 min9410%
61-120 min667%
2+ hrs495%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077553%+27 min
2025-088876%+4 min
2025-098576%+4 min
2025-108865%+14 min
2025-118074%+5 min
2025-126964%+23 min
2026-017363%+31 min
2026-027557%+34 min
2026-038372%+11 min
2026-048975%+8 min
2026-058978%+14 min
2026-067867%+32 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14267%
Tue15075%
Wed14563%
Thu14662%
Fri14665%
Sat10778%
Sun13674%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…