Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in August 2023

87.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 639 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 11.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 83.6% of the time (639 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 88.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from JAN in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	80.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	88.7%	—	81.9%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	—	15.6 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	16	20,100
Scheduled departures	639	—	5,883	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	209	33%	87.6%	-2.2 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	199	31%	87.9%	-2.8 min	1.5%
MQ Envoy Air	129	20%	93.0%	-7.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	82	13%	85.4%	14.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	3%	95.0%	-14.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	288	85.4%	-1.3 min	1.7%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	91.8%	-2.2 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	89	93.3%	-5.3 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	31	83.9%	3.7 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	27	92.6%	-4.4 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	18	88.9%	6.6 min	0.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	4	100.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	59.1%	36.7%	3,504
Late-arriving aircraft	21.9%	42.2%	1,296
National Aviation System	16.4%	15.7%	973
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.1%	151
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,924 delay minutes on 65 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left JAN on time in August 2023?

87.9% of 639 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for JAN · methodology · corrections.