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Airport month · August 2023
Memphis International in August 2023
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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,020 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 73.5% of the time (2,020 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 80.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.1% | — | 78.2% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 80.0% | — | 78.2% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | — | 2.2% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.6 min | — | 17.3 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 67 | — | 68 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,020 | — | 24,723 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 428 | 21% | 72.4% | 22.1 min | 2.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 419 | 21% | 83.3% | 4.9 min | 2.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 287 | 14% | 79.1% | 4.7 min | 1.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 192 | 10% | 89.1% | -4.3 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 178 | 9% | 86.5% | 0.1 min | 0.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 141 | 7% | 82.3% | 3.6 min | 2.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 132 | 7% | 77.3% | 6.2 min | 1.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 76 | 4% | 81.6% | 15.9 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 75 | 4% | 82.7% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 48 | 2% | 60.4% | 15.7 min | 2.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 31 | 2% | 80.6% | -7.0 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 13 | 1% | 76.9% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 311 | 80.7% | 5.8 min | 2.3% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 217 | 70.5% | 11.9 min | 0.9% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 182 | 71.4% | 36.9 min | 3.3% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 145 | 82.8% | 1.2 min | 2.1% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 139 | 88.5% | -10.8 min | 2.2% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 116 | 69.0% | 14.0 min | 1.7% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 108 | 79.6% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–MSP | Memphis to Minneapolis | 89 | 88.8% | -4.4 min | 2.2% |
| MEM–MCO | Memphis to Orlando | 66 | 86.4% | -4.5 min | 3.0% |
| MEM–BOS | Memphis to Boston | 62 | 90.3% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–EWR | Memphis to Newark | 62 | 88.7% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–PHL | Memphis to Philadelphia | 62 | 88.7% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in August 2023?
80.1% of 2,020 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MEM · methodology · corrections.