On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2024

Memphis International in January 2024

76.6%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,673 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.0% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 72.7% of the time (1,673 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 31%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 23%.

Every scheduled departure from MEM in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2024Year earlierMEM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time76.6%—78.2%74.0%
Arrived on time73.0%—78.2%72.9%
Cancelled3.7%—2.2%3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)19.1 min—17.3 min18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day56—6818,242
Scheduled departures1,673—24,723547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines35021%65.4%23.9 min2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines32019%80.9%7.3 min4.1%
WN Southwest Airlines26716%74.5%7.8 min1.9%
YX Republic Airline24715%75.7%4.6 min5.7%
UA United Airlines1177%71.8%11.4 min3.4%
MQ Envoy Air1076%67.3%14.4 min4.7%
9E Endeavor Air865%70.9%25.7 min4.7%
NK Spirit Airlines724%84.7%-6.2 min2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air392%69.2%13.5 min2.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines392%48.7%25.1 min10.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines201%70.0%14.8 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines91%100.0%-18.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MEM–ATLMemphis to Atlanta25082.4%5.7 min3.2%
MEM–DFWMemphis to Dallas/Fort Worth17661.4%23.9 min4.0%
MEM–CLTMemphis to Charlotte14866.9%24.5 min2.0%
MEM–ORDMemphis to Chicago12466.9%13.6 min7.3%
MEM–LGAMemphis to New York11771.8%21.3 min5.1%
MEM–DENMemphis to Denver10477.9%6.2 min1.0%
MEM–DCAMemphis to Washington8576.5%0.7 min5.9%
MEM–MCOMemphis to Orlando7475.7%6.5 min1.4%
MEM–DTWMemphis to Detroit5763.2%27.7 min5.3%
MEM–MSPMemphis to Minneapolis5669.6%12.6 min7.1%
MEM–BOSMemphis to Boston5574.5%9.8 min5.5%
MEM–MDWMemphis to Chicago5172.5%1.3 min7.8%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2024Minutes
Air carrier25.6%32.6%8,224
Late-arriving aircraft30.9%39.0%9,923
National Aviation System22.5%17.9%7,221
Extreme weather21.1%10.3%6,782
Security0.0%0.2%11
32,161 delay minutes on 386 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MEM on time in January 2024?

76.6% of 1,673 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.