Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in August 2025

82.2%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 555 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 533 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 80.8% of the time (553 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 24% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	82.2%	82.7%	80.8%	76.8%
Arrived on time	83.1%	83.7%	81.9%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.8%	2.1%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	14.3 min	15.6 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	18	16	20,079
Scheduled departures	555	533	5,883	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	189	34%	89.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	120	22%	77.5%	12.4 min	2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	119	21%	84.0%	1.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	100	18%	79.0%	1.6 min	3.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	5%	74.1%	12.4 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	189	89.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	170	73.5%	13.4 min	2.9%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	83.9%	-1.4 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	33	90.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	31	83.9%	7.2 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	88.5%	-18.7 min	7.7%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	25	84.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
JAN–IAH	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	18	77.8%	16.9 min	0.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	1	100.0%	-11.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.6%	33.1%	1,515
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	40.5%	2,957
National Aviation System	10.1%	19.2%	645
Extreme weather	20.2%	7.0%	1,292
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,409 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 August 2025?

82.2% of 555 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 82.7% of 533 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 1.3% in August 2025.

Provenance

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