Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in May 2025

79.2%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 543 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 664 departures with 72.0% leaving on time: a change of +7.2 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 70.9% of the time (543 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 77.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 3.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	79.2%	72.0%	80.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	77.2%	71.8%	81.9%	75.4%
Cancelled	3.3%	2.0%	2.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	25.4 min	15.6 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	22	16	20,188
Scheduled departures	543	664	5,883	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	194	36%	85.1%	1.0 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	124	23%	73.4%	26.5 min	5.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	115	21%	82.6%	1.1 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	110	20%	61.8%	31.2 min	8.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	194	85.1%	1.0 min	0.5%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	177	65.0%	33.5 min	6.8%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	90.3%	-4.6 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	31	61.3%	14.3 min	3.2%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	31	71.0%	26.4 min	6.5%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	84.6%	-1.7 min	7.7%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	22	90.9%	-0.9 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.9%	29.3%	4,250
Late-arriving aircraft	24.4%	37.8%	2,415
National Aviation System	14.7%	25.9%	1,456
Extreme weather	17.8%	6.9%	1,762
Security	0.2%	0.1%	16

9,899 delay minutes on 106 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 May 2025?

79.2% of 543 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 72.0% of 664 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 3.3% in May 2025.

Provenance

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