Memphis International in October 2023

87.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,131 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 84.9% of the time (2,130 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MEM in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	78.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.6%	—	78.2%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	—	17.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	71	—	68	19,966
Scheduled departures	2,131	—	24,723	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	412	19%	94.2%	-7.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	385	18%	79.2%	15.2 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	333	16%	88.9%	0.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	299	14%	93.0%	-7.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	169	8%	91.1%	-6.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	164	8%	90.9%	-5.2 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	138	6%	90.6%	1.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	91	4%	81.3%	4.8 min	3.3%
9E Endeavor Air	51	2%	94.1%	-12.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	44	2%	72.7%	18.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	27	1%	96.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	1%	72.2%	-0.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	308	93.2%	-7.5 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	216	75.9%	12.5 min	0.9%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	178	82.0%	18.8 min	0.0%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	163	90.8%	1.5 min	0.6%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	140	92.9%	-7.6 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	115	91.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	108	89.8%	-3.9 min	0.9%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	87	93.1%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	69	89.9%	-1.8 min	0.0%
MEM–BOS	Memphis to Boston	62	95.2%	-13.4 min	0.0%
MEM–EWR	Memphis to Newark	62	95.2%	-16.5 min	0.0%
MEM–MDW	Memphis to Chicago	62	90.3%	-0.7 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.8%	41.3%	8,976
Late-arriving aircraft	29.7%	40.5%	5,240
National Aviation System	17.0%	14.4%	3,007
Extreme weather	2.2%	3.7%	395
Security	0.2%	0.2%	34

17,652 delay minutes on 235 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 MEM on time in October 2023?

87.9% of 2,131 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.