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Airport month · August 2024
Memphis International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,042 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 8.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 2,020 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 72.8% of the time (2,041 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 81.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.5% | 80.1% | 78.2% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 81.0% | 80.0% | 78.2% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.7 min | 16.6 min | 17.3 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 68 | 67 | 68 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,042 | 2,020 | 24,723 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 421 | 21% | 92.6% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 381 | 19% | 79.3% | 8.3 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 277 | 14% | 83.8% | 4.0 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 276 | 14% | 75.4% | 9.1 min | 6.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 173 | 8% | 78.6% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 142 | 7% | 84.5% | -5.3 min | 2.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 98 | 5% | 79.6% | -6.5 min | 8.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 77 | 4% | 79.2% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 75 | 4% | 76.0% | 10.7 min | 4.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 73 | 4% | 61.6% | 16.7 min | 1.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 36 | 2% | 61.1% | 36.8 min | 5.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 13 | 1% | 30.8% | 33.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 286 | 93.4% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 246 | 79.3% | -0.3 min | 0.4% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 183 | 70.5% | 8.5 min | 1.1% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 179 | 73.7% | 19.5 min | 1.1% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 136 | 69.9% | 6.9 min | 12.5% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 107 | 77.6% | 1.5 min | 1.9% |
| MEM–MSP | Memphis to Minneapolis | 85 | 88.2% | 12.5 min | 1.2% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 84 | 76.2% | -0.2 min | 3.6% |
| MEM–DTW | Memphis to Detroit | 77 | 92.2% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 71 | 87.3% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–BOS | Memphis to Boston | 62 | 93.5% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–PHL | Memphis to Philadelphia | 58 | 81.0% | 9.5 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in August 2024?
83.5% of 2,042 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 80.1% of 2,020 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 2.0% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.