Memphis International in September 2024

86.8%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,869 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,981 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 81.7% of the time (1,868 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.8%	86.8%	78.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	85.3%	84.4%	78.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.3%	2.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	9.6 min	17.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	62	66	68	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,869	1,981	24,723	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	371	20%	77.6%	12.6 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	366	20%	88.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	263	14%	86.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	242	13%	91.7%	-9.0 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	120	6%	81.7%	0.3 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	114	6%	84.2%	-2.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	110	6%	80.9%	-1.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	100	5%	87.0%	-2.4 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	79	4%	82.3%	4.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	74	4%	97.3%	-8.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	1%	83.3%	4.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	1%	91.7%	0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	266	86.5%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	229	76.9%	4.8 min	0.0%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	164	81.1%	-1.0 min	0.0%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	155	76.8%	10.2 min	1.3%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	133	94.7%	-9.5 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	102	83.3%	3.2 min	1.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	84	90.5%	-8.3 min	1.2%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	80	96.3%	-19.1 min	0.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	74	91.9%	-7.0 min	0.0%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	68	80.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
MEM–LAS	Memphis to Las Vegas	59	83.1%	4.3 min	0.0%
MEM–MDW	Memphis to Chicago	56	89.3%	-2.9 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.8%	38.6%	4,880
Late-arriving aircraft	46.7%	38.4%	7,919
National Aviation System	22.7%	18.2%	3,857
Extreme weather	1.9%	4.8%	316
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,972 delay minutes on 267 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 September 2024?

86.8% of 1,869 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.8% of 1,981 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 0.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.