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Airport month · December 2023
Memphis International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,835 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,829 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 88.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.3% | — | 78.2% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 88.4% | — | 78.2% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 2.2% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.3 min | — | 17.3 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 61 | — | 68 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,835 | — | 24,723 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 375 | 20% | 81.9% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 351 | 19% | 98.3% | -15.3 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 344 | 19% | 85.8% | 1.3 min | 0.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 220 | 12% | 91.4% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 116 | 6% | 89.7% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 90 | 5% | 88.9% | -5.7 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 87 | 5% | 87.4% | -7.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 79 | 4% | 89.9% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 73 | 4% | 90.4% | -6.2 min | 1.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 47 | 3% | 70.2% | 18.4 min | 2.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 28 | 2% | 78.6% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 25 | 1% | 92.0% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 281 | 97.2% | -12.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 185 | 82.7% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 152 | 82.2% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 128 | 91.4% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 112 | 89.3% | 0.3 min | 0.9% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 107 | 93.5% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 80 | 87.5% | -3.7 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–MCO | Memphis to Orlando | 78 | 83.3% | 8.7 min | 1.3% |
| MEM–DAL | Memphis to Dallas | 62 | 79.0% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–LAX | Memphis to Los Angeles | 62 | 91.9% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–MDW | Memphis to Chicago | 62 | 82.3% | 1.0 min | 3.2% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 61 | 86.9% | -5.3 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in December 2023?
87.3% of 1,835 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.