Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in March 2026

78.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 394 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 476 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.6 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 75.1% of the time (394 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	78.7%	80.3%	80.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.0%	79.6%	81.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.5%	2.1%	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	16.8 min	15.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	16	16	20,403
Scheduled departures	394	476	5,883	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	146	37%	74.7%	10.1 min	4.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	119	30%	83.2%	2.4 min	2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	97	25%	90.7%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	23	6%	87.0%	-2.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	6	2%	66.7%	20.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	3	1%	100.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	145	74.5%	10.9 min	4.8%
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	119	83.2%	2.4 min	2.5%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	90.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	31	93.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	27	85.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
JAN–BWI	Jackson/Vicksburg to Baltimore	4	75.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
JAN–IAH	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	3	100.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
JAN–MIA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Miami	3	66.7%	25.7 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.1%	33.5%	2,093
Late-arriving aircraft	52.5%	39.3%	3,133
National Aviation System	7.0%	21.0%	415
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.9%	324
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,965 delay minutes on 60 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 March 2026?

78.7% of 394 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.3% of 476 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 2.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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