Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in December 2023

90.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 578 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 90.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 90.6% of the time (575 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 90.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.9%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	90.8%	—	80.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	90.0%	—	81.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.5 min	—	15.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	16	19,013
Scheduled departures	578	—	5,883	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	206	36%	87.9%	-2.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	141	24%	94.3%	-8.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	102	18%	95.1%	-6.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	59	10%	83.1%	1.7 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	36	6%	91.7%	-5.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	34	6%	79.4%	4.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	260	89.2%	-3.3 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	149	91.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	88	89.8%	-5.6 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	29	93.1%	-8.9 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	28	92.9%	-7.9 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	19	78.9%	5.6 min	5.3%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	5	80.0%	1.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	48.1%	37.1%	1,584
Late-arriving aircraft	38.9%	38.8%	1,283
National Aviation System	11.8%	17.6%	390
Extreme weather	1.2%	6.2%	39
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,296 delay minutes on 57 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 December 2023?

90.8% of 578 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.