Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in February 2025

77.1%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 458 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 498 departures with 89.8% leaving on time: a change of −12.7 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 73.2% of the time (459 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	77.1%	89.8%	80.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	76.2%	90.2%	81.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	3.5%	0.2%	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	5.6 min	15.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	17	16	16,830
Scheduled departures	458	498	5,883	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	162	35%	84.0%	-3.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	158	34%	60.1%	18.4 min	10.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	107	23%	92.5%	-11.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	19	4%	42.1%	37.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	12	3%	91.7%	-4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	189	85.2%	-4.6 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	59.0%	22.6 min	5.7%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	56	92.9%	-12.5 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	43	65.1%	14.0 min	11.6%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	24	91.7%	-8.4 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	24	58.3%	6.9 min	16.7%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	33.9%	2,011
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	36.9%	2,535
National Aviation System	12.6%	22.5%	759
Extreme weather	9.9%	6.6%	596
Security	1.8%	0.1%	111

6,012 delay minutes on 93 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 February 2025?

77.1% of 458 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 89.8% of 498 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 3.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

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