Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in April 2026

82.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 499 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.2% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 458 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 77.8% of the time (500 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 83.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	82.4%	78.2%	80.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	83.2%	78.8%	81.9%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.6%	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	31.0 min	15.6 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	15	16	19,931
Scheduled departures	499	458	5,883	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	166	33%	77.7%	18.4 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	155	31%	91.6%	-5.4 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	90	18%	86.7%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	50	10%	82.0%	5.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	6%	63.3%	19.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	8	2%	75.0%	20.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	170	76.5%	19.9 min	0.6%
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	155	91.6%	-5.4 min	0.6%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	60	86.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	30	86.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
JAN–IAH	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	30	63.3%	19.9 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	92.3%	-5.7 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	24	79.2%	3.5 min	0.0%
JAN–MIA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Miami	4	75.0%	39.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	33.5%	2,853
Late-arriving aircraft	46.5%	40.4%	3,828
National Aviation System	12.7%	21.0%	1,047
Extreme weather	6.0%	5.0%	491
Security	0.1%	0.1%	9

8,228 delay minutes on 82 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 April 2026?

82.4% of 499 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 78.2% of 458 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 0.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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