Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in January 2025

77.3%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 498 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 6.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 526 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 72.3% of the time (499 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 6.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from JAN in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	77.3%	81.2%	80.8%	79.3%
Arrived on time	78.3%	80.0%	81.9%	78.6%
Cancelled	6.4%	2.3%	2.1%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.4 min	16.7 min	15.6 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	18	16	17,992
Scheduled departures	498	526	5,883	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	165	33%	71.5%	20.0 min	9.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	164	33%	80.5%	1.6 min	5.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	122	24%	84.4%	-5.0 min	4.1%
MQ Envoy Air	40	8%	82.5%	11.2 min	5.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	7	1%	57.1%	10.5 min	14.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	195	81.5%	0.2 min	5.1%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	71.2%	24.3 min	6.5%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	85.5%	-0.6 min	4.8%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	37	81.1%	-2.1 min	13.5%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	28	78.6%	-12.1 min	3.6%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	22	72.7%	4.2 min	13.6%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	1	100.0%	-21.0 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	36.2%	2,993
Late-arriving aircraft	50.1%	34.7%	4,005
National Aviation System	11.9%	19.9%	950
Extreme weather	0.6%	9.1%	46
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,994 delay minutes on 76 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 January 2025?

77.3% of 498 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 81.2% of 526 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 77.3% and 6.4% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.