Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in January 2024

81.2%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 526 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 73.9% of the time (529 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from JAN in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	81.2%	—	80.8%	74.0%
Arrived on time	80.0%	—	81.9%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	2.1%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	—	15.6 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	16	18,242
Scheduled departures	526	—	5,883	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	179	34%	83.8%	2.6 min	2.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	151	29%	88.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	126	24%	69.0%	26.2 min	2.4%
OH PSA Airlines	50	10%	68.0%	7.8 min	8.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	11	2%	81.8%	-0.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	9	2%	88.9%	23.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	227	87.2%	0.0 min	0.9%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	70.1%	23.2 min	2.1%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	81	81.5%	0.5 min	3.7%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	27	88.9%	3.6 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	23	65.2%	20.6 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	20	70.0%	-10.8 min	20.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	4	75.0%	8.5 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.3%	32.6%	2,001
Late-arriving aircraft	53.9%	39.0%	4,437
National Aviation System	12.4%	17.9%	1,023
Extreme weather	9.3%	10.3%	764
Security	0.1%	0.2%	10

8,235 delay minutes on 91 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 January 2024?

81.2% of 526 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.