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Airport month · September 2023
Memphis International in September 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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,981 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 80.8% of the time (1,978 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 84.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.5%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.8% | — | 78.2% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 84.4% | — | 78.2% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | — | 2.2% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.6 min | — | 17.3 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 66 | — | 68 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,981 | — | 24,723 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 395 | 20% | 93.2% | -4.9 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 370 | 19% | 84.6% | -1.2 min | 3.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 365 | 18% | 80.3% | 6.6 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 279 | 14% | 87.5% | -1.8 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 155 | 8% | 81.3% | 2.2 min | 1.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 112 | 6% | 78.6% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 108 | 5% | 82.4% | 3.3 min | 0.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 81 | 4% | 77.8% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 38 | 2% | 55.3% | 21.5 min | 2.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 32 | 2% | 87.5% | -7.7 min | 3.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 30 | 2% | 86.7% | -5.6 min | 3.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 16 | 1% | 81.3% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 300 | 93.7% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 212 | 69.8% | 14.9 min | 0.5% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 162 | 87.0% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 151 | 90.7% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 130 | 80.0% | -3.9 min | 5.4% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 114 | 84.2% | -1.4 min | 1.8% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 107 | 82.2% | 0.1 min | 1.9% |
| MEM–MSP | Memphis to Minneapolis | 80 | 88.8% | -1.8 min | 2.5% |
| MEM–MCO | Memphis to Orlando | 61 | 85.2% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–BOS | Memphis to Boston | 60 | 91.7% | -2.6 min | 3.3% |
| MEM–EWR | Memphis to Newark | 59 | 72.9% | 4.2 min | 8.5% |
| MEM–MDW | Memphis to Chicago | 59 | 83.1% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in September 2023?
86.8% of 1,981 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.