Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in December 2024

80.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 571 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 578 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −10.4 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 80.7% of the time (570 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	80.4%	90.8%	80.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.5%	90.0%	81.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.2%	2.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.8 min	6.5 min	15.6 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	19	16	19,686
Scheduled departures	571	578	5,883	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	190	33%	75.3%	20.0 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	125	22%	75.2%	8.5 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	108	19%	86.1%	-2.4 min	0.9%
9E Endeavor Air	95	17%	85.3%	5.9 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	51	9%	72.5%	12.3 min	7.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2	0%	0.0%	30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	234	84.6%	2.6 min	0.9%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	161	73.9%	19.9 min	2.5%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	66	74.2%	21.8 min	0.0%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	74.2%	11.0 min	1.6%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	29	75.9%	2.3 min	3.4%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	16	75.0%	-12.4 min	6.3%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	3	66.7%	3.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.5%	34.3%	2,656
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	40.2%	3,763
National Aviation System	23.1%	17.8%	2,401
Extreme weather	15.2%	7.5%	1,582
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,402 delay minutes on 113 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 December 2024?

80.4% of 571 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 90.8% of 578 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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