Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in September 2024

87.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 527 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 628 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 86.6% of the time (529 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.5%	87.1%	80.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	85.4%	87.7%	81.9%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.2%	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	11.7 min	15.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	21	16	19,421
Scheduled departures	527	628	5,883	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	160	30%	92.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	115	22%	90.4%	-1.6 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	98	19%	80.6%	8.5 min	3.1%
MQ Envoy Air	71	13%	78.9%	1.6 min	2.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	57	11%	82.5%	1.3 min	1.8%
9E Endeavor Air	26	5%	61.5%	11.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	216	89.4%	-3.5 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	81.3%	1.1 min	1.9%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	60	88.3%	1.0 min	1.7%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	45	75.6%	13.0 min	4.4%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	84.6%	11.1 min	3.8%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	25	88.0%	-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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	38.6%	1,464
Late-arriving aircraft	26.6%	38.4%	1,117
National Aviation System	31.2%	18.2%	1,308
Extreme weather	7.3%	4.8%	307
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,196 delay minutes on 70 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 2024?

87.5% of 527 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 87.1% of 628 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 1.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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