Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in September 2025

89.7%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 533 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 527 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 87.4% of the time (533 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 90.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.4%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	89.7%	87.5%	80.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	90.6%	85.4%	81.9%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.3%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.2 min	8.3 min	15.6 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	16	18,748
Scheduled departures	533	527	5,883	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	176	33%	91.5%	-7.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	120	23%	85.8%	-1.9 min	1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	116	22%	93.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	113	21%	92.9%	-14.5 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	8	2%	75.0%	0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	176	91.5%	-7.3 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	157	86.6%	-4.4 min	1.3%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	60	90.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	58	91.4%	-12.2 min	1.7%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	30	96.7%	-0.5 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	26	96.2%	-10.7 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	96.2%	-18.3 min	0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.6%	34.3%	1,144
Late-arriving aircraft	31.5%	37.4%	864
National Aviation System	16.9%	22.6%	465
Extreme weather	9.0%	5.6%	248
Security	0.9%	0.1%	26

2,747 delay minutes on 45 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 September 2025?

89.7% of 533 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.5% of 527 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 89.7% and 0.6% in September 2025.

Provenance

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