Memphis International in June 2024

78.3%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 June 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,093 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.7% of flights departed on time and 73.9% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 73.2% of the time (2,093 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2024	Year earlier	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2024
Departed on time	78.3%	—	78.2%	73.7%
Arrived on time	78.5%	—	78.2%	73.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	2.2%	1.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.4 min	—	17.3 min	19.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	70	—	68	20,371
Scheduled departures	2,093	—	24,723	611,132

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	401	19%	86.5%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	385	18%	73.5%	15.2 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	307	15%	75.9%	13.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	246	12%	81.3%	13.7 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	150	7%	78.0%	12.7 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	136	6%	78.7%	2.6 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	100	5%	70.0%	21.0 min	3.0%
9E Endeavor Air	98	5%	79.6%	-1.4 min	2.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	95	5%	80.0%	10.4 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	94	4%	83.0%	1.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	69	3%	69.6%	19.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	1%	50.0%	14.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	282	90.4%	-4.9 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	236	65.7%	15.0 min	4.7%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	198	74.7%	14.5 min	2.5%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	179	81.0%	4.3 min	1.1%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	126	81.7%	5.6 min	4.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	107	64.5%	14.6 min	0.9%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	87	78.2%	18.2 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	86	86.0%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	84	69.0%	9.7 min	0.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	72	87.5%	-4.4 min	0.0%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	67	88.1%	3.1 min	0.0%
MEM–BOS	Memphis to Boston	60	93.3%	-6.0 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), June 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	34.4%	13,015
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	41.5%	12,662
National Aviation System	18.5%	17.8%	6,478
Extreme weather	8.1%	6.0%	2,845
Security	0.0%	0.2%	3

35,003 delay minutes on 418 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 June 2024?

78.3% of 2,093 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.7% and 73.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

June 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 June 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.