Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in September 2023

87.1%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 628 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 83.8% of the time (629 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 87.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	87.1%	—	80.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	87.7%	—	81.9%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	—	15.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	16	18,978
Scheduled departures	628	—	5,883	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	199	32%	88.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	133	21%	91.7%	-2.7 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	132	21%	89.4%	-4.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	75	12%	77.3%	36.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	59	9%	93.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	5%	70.0%	9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	276	90.9%	-3.6 min	0.4%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	179	84.9%	6.0 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	85	87.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	30	80.0%	38.2 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	27	74.1%	7.4 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	25	96.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	5	100.0%	-11.0 min	0.0%
JAN–MIA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Miami	1	100.0%	-5.0 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	54.3%	36.4%	3,750
Late-arriving aircraft	31.7%	38.3%	2,193
National Aviation System	13.4%	19.9%	923
Extreme weather	0.2%	5.1%	14
Security	0.4%	0.2%	31

6,911 delay minutes on 76 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 September 2023?

87.1% of 628 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.