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Airport month · April 2024
Memphis International in April 2024
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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,850 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,851 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 85.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.8% | — | 78.2% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 85.2% | — | 78.2% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | — | 2.2% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.5 min | — | 17.3 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 62 | — | 68 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,850 | — | 24,723 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 395 | 21% | 89.9% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 350 | 19% | 75.7% | 29.0 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 316 | 17% | 83.5% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 228 | 12% | 90.8% | -10.0 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 146 | 8% | 82.2% | 0.1 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 120 | 6% | 85.8% | -3.1 min | 0.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 83 | 4% | 86.7% | 17.4 min | 1.2% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 73 | 4% | 87.7% | -3.6 min | 1.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 55 | 3% | 92.7% | -8.2 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 42 | 2% | 88.1% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 29 | 2% | 100.0% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 13 | 1% | 69.2% | 5.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 297 | 89.2% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 232 | 72.8% | 19.7 min | 3.0% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 145 | 78.6% | 28.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 134 | 89.6% | -8.3 min | 2.2% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 107 | 82.2% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 90 | 88.9% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 82 | 81.7% | -1.4 min | 1.2% |
| MEM–MSP | Memphis to Minneapolis | 79 | 93.7% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 69 | 79.7% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–MCO | Memphis to Orlando | 60 | 90.0% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–BOS | Memphis to Boston | 59 | 91.5% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–PHL | Memphis to Philadelphia | 57 | 89.5% | 14.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in April 2024?
85.8% of 1,850 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.