Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in August 2024

82.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 533 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 639 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 81.5% of the time (531 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	87.9%	80.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	83.7%	88.7%	81.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.8%	2.1%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	10.5 min	15.6 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	21	16	20,634
Scheduled departures	533	639	5,883	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	194	36%	90.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	120	23%	81.7%	2.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	106	20%	79.2%	14.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	64	12%	70.3%	28.5 min	6.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	49	9%	87.8%	-2.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	225	91.1%	-7.0 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	159	80.5%	10.9 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	79.0%	4.5 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	34	70.6%	15.5 min	2.9%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	26	73.1%	11.6 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	76.9%	37.9 min	11.5%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	1	100.0%	13.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.8%	33.8%	2,096
Late-arriving aircraft	59.9%	39.8%	3,950
National Aviation System	6.3%	20.4%	412
Extreme weather	2.0%	5.9%	133
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,591 delay minutes on 83 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 2024?

82.7% of 533 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 87.9% of 639 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 0.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.