by Eric Rothman
If you fly into Hancock Airport four times this year, chances are one of those flights will be delayed by close to an hour. According to a report released today by the Brookings Institution, Syracuse ranks 10th-worst in on-time arrival performance among the largest 100 airports in the country.
The year long study showed that 74.6 percent of flights coming into Hancock arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. That number is slightly below the national average of 78.4 percent.
Is it all Hancock's fault?
Half of the 60 flights a day that arrive at Hancock International come from New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. Much of having a flight arrive on-time depends on the flights departing on-time.
New York had the worst on-time performance in the country with only 66.3 percent of flights arriving on time. Philadelphia was fourth worst at 73.4 percent.
Although Hancock was in the bottom ten, it actually improved nearly 5 percent over its arrival success rate in 2008.
