Flights Boston → Syracuse
BOS → SYR
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Syracuse operates with a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 aircraft, serving a total of 177 flights. With a 71% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 19.5 minutes, the service experiences moderate delays but maintains relatively high punctuality.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Boston (BOS) → Syracuse (SYR) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 232 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Syracuse the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Syracuse: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Syracuse (SYR) heads west for about 425 km, a flight time of roughly 57m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of BOS-SYR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Syracuse it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 232 tracked BOS-SYR flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 3.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about BOS-SYR
On the Boston (BOS) -> Syracuse (SYR) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 232 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Syracuse is 3.02% across 232 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
