Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International in May 2026

78.0%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 546 domestic departures from Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International (JAN). 78.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so JAN departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 543 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at JAN that month were on time 72.5% of the time (549 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, extreme weather 31% and air carrier 20%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	JAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	78.0%	79.2%	80.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	81.1%	77.2%	81.9%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.2%	3.3%	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.4 min	18.7 min	15.6 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	16	20,391
Scheduled departures	546	543	5,883	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	194	36%	79.9%	10.1 min	3.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	171	31%	86.0%	-5.9 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	93	17%	74.2%	6.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	58	11%	82.8%	-3.4 min	6.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	4%	75.0%	18.5 min	5.0%
YX Republic Airline	10	2%	90.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAN–DFW	Jackson/Vicksburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	182	79.7%	9.6 min	4.4%
JAN–ATL	Jackson/Vicksburg to Atlanta	171	86.0%	-5.9 min	0.6%
JAN–HOU	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	62	79.0%	2.7 min	0.0%
JAN–CLT	Jackson/Vicksburg to Charlotte	49	85.7%	2.5 min	0.0%
JAN–BNA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Nashville	31	64.5%	14.8 min	0.0%
JAN–DCA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Washington	26	80.8%	-7.2 min	7.7%
JAN–IAH	Jackson/Vicksburg to Houston	20	75.0%	18.5 min	5.0%
JAN–MIA	Jackson/Vicksburg to Miami	5	80.0%	5.4 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.8%	33.0%	1,296
Late-arriving aircraft	36.8%	40.4%	2,408
National Aviation System	12.0%	20.5%	788
Extreme weather	31.4%	6.0%	2,054
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,546 delay minutes on 89 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 May 2026?

78.0% of 546 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 79.2% of 543 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 78.0% and 2.2% in May 2026.

Provenance

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