Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in April 2025

78.2%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 458 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 605 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 24%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 74.9% of the time (458 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	78.2%	82.0%	80.8%	80.6%
Arrived on time	78.8%	82.5%	81.9%	79.5%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.8%	2.1%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.0 min	17.8 min	15.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	20	16	19,465
Scheduled departures	458	605	5,883	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	150	33%	76.7%	46.6 min	6.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	140	31%	85.7%	4.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	112	24%	82.1%	4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	56	12%	60.7%	39.0 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	147	84.4%	6.1 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	146	70.5%	28.7 min	6.2%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	60	91.7%	-7.8 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	34	79.4%	86.3 min	5.9%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	73.1%	77.3 min	3.8%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	23	69.6%	12.3 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	22	77.3%	16.3 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	52.1%	32.7%	7,154
Late-arriving aircraft	26.9%	39.4%	3,689
National Aviation System	14.4%	22.2%	1,982
Extreme weather	6.6%	5.5%	904
Security	0.1%	0.2%	7

13,736 delay minutes on 85 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 April 2025?

78.2% of 458 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 82.0% of 605 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 2.6% in April 2025.

Provenance

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