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Airport month · May 2024
Memphis International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,015 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 70.0% of the time (2,016 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 73.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.7%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.7% | — | 78.2% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.7% | — | 78.2% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | — | 2.2% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.0 min | — | 17.3 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 67 | — | 68 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,015 | — | 24,723 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 427 | 21% | 86.4% | -0.8 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 420 | 21% | 54.8% | 43.1 min | 5.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 322 | 16% | 85.4% | -2.7 min | 0.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 321 | 16% | 68.5% | 17.3 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 132 | 7% | 72.0% | 16.8 min | 1.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 83 | 4% | 80.7% | -0.5 min | 1.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 75 | 4% | 77.3% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 64 | 3% | 64.1% | 13.8 min | 4.7% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 59 | 3% | 86.4% | 13.6 min | 1.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 51 | 3% | 82.4% | 19.1 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 48 | 2% | 64.6% | 30.5 min | 2.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 13 | 1% | 53.8% | 19.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 318 | 81.4% | 5.5 min | 0.3% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 221 | 45.7% | 53.9 min | 10.0% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 181 | 65.2% | 34.4 min | 1.7% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 139 | 84.2% | 7.2 min | 1.4% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 111 | 66.7% | 14.4 min | 0.9% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 109 | 67.9% | 20.3 min | 0.9% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 88 | 84.1% | 3.0 min | 1.1% |
| MEM–MSP | Memphis to Minneapolis | 88 | 86.4% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–MCO | Memphis to Orlando | 81 | 79.0% | 2.2 min | 2.5% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 71 | 54.9% | 25.2 min | 2.8% |
| MEM–PHL | Memphis to Philadelphia | 62 | 83.9% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–BOS | Memphis to Boston | 61 | 96.7% | -18.2 min | 1.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in May 2024?
73.7% of 2,015 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.