Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in February 2026

88.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 399 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 10.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 458 departures with 77.1% leaving on time: a change of +11.6 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 83.4% of the time (398 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and extreme weather 3%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	88.7%	77.1%	80.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	88.2%	76.2%	81.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	3.5%	2.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	14.6 min	15.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	15	16	17,168
Scheduled departures	399	458	5,883	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	135	34%	91.9%	-5.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	114	29%	78.1%	11.1 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	111	28%	92.8%	-11.8 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	21	5%	95.2%	-24.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	18	5%	88.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	135	91.9%	-5.2 min	0.0%
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	129	79.8%	7.5 min	1.6%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	56	98.2%	-15.0 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	28	85.7%	-9.6 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	27	88.9%	-7.3 min	3.7%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	24	91.7%	-14.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	55.9%	38.2%	2,124
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	37.2%	1,428
National Aviation System	3.1%	18.5%	118
Extreme weather	3.4%	6.0%	128
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,798 delay minutes on 41 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 February 2026?

88.7% of 399 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 77.1% of 458 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 88.7% and 0.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

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