Memphis International in March 2024

83.9%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,820 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 77.4% of the time (1,820 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	83.9%	—	78.2%	78.5%
Arrived on time	83.8%	—	78.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	17.3 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	61	—	68	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,820	—	24,723	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	364	20%	90.4%	-4.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	339	19%	79.9%	4.1 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	326	18%	79.1%	4.6 min	0.3%
YX Republic Airline	189	10%	90.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	145	8%	80.7%	3.4 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	127	7%	88.2%	-4.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	117	6%	76.1%	13.6 min	0.9%
9E Endeavor Air	72	4%	84.7%	-0.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	2%	73.3%	6.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	42	2%	81.0%	7.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	32	2%	96.9%	-16.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	1%	90.9%	-8.4 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	283	89.4%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	187	67.9%	14.9 min	2.1%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	155	85.8%	2.3 min	0.6%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	130	85.4%	-0.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	112	82.1%	1.7 min	0.9%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	99	71.7%	17.6 min	1.0%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	91	90.1%	-7.8 min	1.1%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	82	87.8%	-1.8 min	0.0%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	65	83.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
MEM–BOS	Memphis to Boston	62	96.8%	-7.4 min	0.0%
MEM–LAX	Memphis to Los Angeles	60	75.0%	16.4 min	0.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	60	86.7%	-6.2 min	1.7%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	32.1%	6,379
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	42.1%	7,000
National Aviation System	18.8%	21.4%	3,530
Extreme weather	10.0%	4.2%	1,881
Security	0.1%	0.2%	11

18,801 delay minutes on 278 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 March 2024?

83.9% of 1,820 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.