Memphis International in February 2024

89.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,573 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 85.5% of the time (1,574 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	89.8%	—	78.2%	84.0%
Arrived on time	88.6%	—	78.2%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	—	17.3 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	—	68	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,573	—	24,723	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	332	21%	85.5%	0.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	307	20%	94.1%	-9.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	236	15%	91.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	173	11%	89.6%	-5.7 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	130	8%	87.7%	-4.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	116	7%	91.4%	-6.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	75	5%	78.7%	22.2 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	61	4%	82.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	58	4%	86.2%	0.8 min	3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	39	2%	82.1%	1.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	27	2%	88.9%	-9.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	19	1%	73.7%	36.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	235	96.6%	-13.1 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	168	82.1%	2.1 min	0.0%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	143	87.4%	2.3 min	0.0%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	129	85.3%	-1.0 min	2.3%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	102	91.2%	-7.1 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	98	88.8%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	81	88.9%	-5.6 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	69	84.1%	0.8 min	0.0%
MEM–BOS	Memphis to Boston	58	87.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	51	88.2%	-4.7 min	2.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	49	93.9%	-5.3 min	0.0%
MEM–MDW	Memphis to Chicago	46	93.5%	-4.5 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.2%	35.9%	6,166
Late-arriving aircraft	20.6%	36.9%	2,307
National Aviation System	20.0%	21.7%	2,232
Extreme weather	4.2%	5.3%	472
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,177 delay minutes on 174 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 February 2024?

89.8% of 1,573 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.