Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in December 2025

78.1%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 433 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 571 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights down 24%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 74.2% of the time (431 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 68%, air carrier 18% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	78.1%	80.4%	80.8%	72.0%
Arrived on time	81.5%	78.5%	81.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.6%	1.6%	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.4 min	18.8 min	15.6 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	19	16	19,410
Scheduled departures	433	571	5,883	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	145	33%	86.2%	-7.5 min	2.8%
OH PSA Airlines	144	33%	77.1%	11.8 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	124	29%	83.9%	-0.7 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	11	3%	63.6%	16.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	9	2%	66.7%	27.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	145	86.2%	-7.5 min	2.8%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	73.6%	16.5 min	1.4%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	85.5%	-1.8 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	31	90.3%	-1.9 min	3.2%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	29	72.4%	2.0 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	20	90.0%	-11.6 min	0.0%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	2	100.0%	10.0 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	17.6%	33.3%	1,121
Late-arriving aircraft	68.3%	41.1%	4,350
National Aviation System	6.5%	19.1%	411
Extreme weather	7.4%	6.4%	468
Security	0.2%	0.2%	15

6,365 delay minutes on 73 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 December 2025?

78.1% of 433 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 80.4% of 571 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 78.1% and 1.6% in December 2025.

Provenance

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