Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in January 2026

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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 478 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; 6.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 498 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.9 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 79.4% of the time (480 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 37%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and air carrier 23%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
Cancelled 6.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from JAN in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	82.2%	77.3%	80.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	83.1%	78.3%	81.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	6.1%	6.4%	2.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	18.4 min	15.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	17	16	18,133
Scheduled departures	478	498	5,883	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	187	39%	85.6%	-8.6 min	4.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	121	25%	93.4%	-13.4 min	3.3%
OH PSA Airlines	93	19%	74.2%	15.2 min	9.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	48	10%	72.9%	-1.3 min	10.4%
MQ Envoy Air	29	6%	69.0%	12.3 min	6.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	187	85.6%	-8.6 min	4.8%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	73.0%	6.2 min	8.1%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	91.9%	-10.9 min	3.2%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	31	96.8%	-15.9 min	3.2%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	27	92.6%	-17.5 min	3.7%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	22	72.7%	39.8 min	18.2%
JAN–MCO	Jackson/Vicksburg to Orlando	1	100.0%	12.0 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	37.3%	1,085
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	35.0%	1,537
National Aviation System	8.2%	18.0%	392
Extreme weather	36.5%	9.6%	1,739
Security	0.2%	0.1%	9

4,762 delay minutes on 52 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 January 2026?

82.2% of 478 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.3% of 498 departures left on time and 6.4% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 6.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.