Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in October 2024

90.7%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 615 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 90.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 615 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 90.2% of the time (615 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 90.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	90.7%	87.2%	80.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	90.1%	87.6%	81.9%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.1%	2.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	8.2 min	15.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	21	16	20,517
Scheduled departures	615	615	5,883	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	159	26%	96.9%	-10.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	124	20%	88.7%	-3.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	111	18%	86.5%	7.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	14%	83.9%	8.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	81	13%	90.1%	-5.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	53	9%	90.6%	1.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	243	95.5%	-7.6 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	174	87.4%	1.5 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	78	84.6%	5.5 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	83.9%	1.1 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	27	96.3%	-6.3 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	27	88.9%	19.5 min	0.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	4	50.0%	18.3 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.9%	42.7%	2,198
Late-arriving aircraft	31.4%	37.4%	1,412
National Aviation System	13.9%	16.3%	624
Extreme weather	5.8%	3.4%	263
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,497 delay minutes on 60 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 October 2024?

90.7% of 615 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.2% of 615 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 90.7% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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