Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in February 2024

89.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 498 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 86.7% of the time (497 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 90.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.2%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	89.8%	—	80.8%	84.0%
Arrived on time	90.2%	—	81.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.6 min	—	15.6 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	16	17,307
Scheduled departures	498	—	5,883	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	158	32%	91.1%	-8.9 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	145	29%	94.5%	-9.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	91	18%	83.5%	0.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	67	13%	89.6%	-4.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	32	6%	84.4%	-0.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	5	1%	100.0%	-14.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	204	93.1%	-8.6 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	137	84.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	75	90.7%	-12.4 min	1.3%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	27	96.3%	-15.8 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	26	80.8%	7.0 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	25	100.0%	-7.9 min	0.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	4	75.0%	-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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.9%	35.9%	879
Late-arriving aircraft	44.1%	36.9%	971
National Aviation System	14.5%	21.7%	320
Extreme weather	1.5%	5.3%	33
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,203 delay minutes on 46 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 February 2024?

89.8% of 498 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.