Memphis International in November 2023

86.5%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,927 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 86.0% of the time (1,927 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	86.5%	—	78.2%	86.0%
Arrived on time	86.8%	—	78.2%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.2%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	17.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	64	—	68	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,927	—	24,723	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	398	21%	82.9%	7.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	358	19%	94.7%	-6.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	326	17%	81.0%	3.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	263	14%	91.3%	-5.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	127	7%	87.4%	-4.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	120	6%	89.2%	-5.7 min	0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	88	5%	80.7%	5.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	82	4%	90.2%	14.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	60	3%	91.7%	-9.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	43	2%	65.1%	29.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	35	2%	94.3%	-13.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	1%	77.8%	13.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	292	91.1%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	184	79.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	172	86.0%	6.0 min	0.0%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	134	91.8%	-7.6 min	0.0%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	129	90.7%	6.8 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	102	87.3%	-2.1 min	1.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	85	95.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	78	88.5%	1.6 min	0.0%
MEM–MDW	Memphis to Chicago	60	86.7%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	59	93.2%	-8.1 min	0.0%
MEM–DAL	Memphis to Dallas	58	77.6%	12.2 min	0.0%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	58	77.6%	-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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	42.5%	6,541
Late-arriving aircraft	48.0%	37.3%	8,413
National Aviation System	13.0%	16.2%	2,278
Extreme weather	0.8%	3.7%	145
Security	0.9%	0.3%	162

17,539 delay minutes on 253 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 November 2023?

86.5% of 1,927 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.