Memphis International in October 2024

88.4%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,995 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,131 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 87.9% of the time (1,994 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.4%	87.9%	78.2%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.4%	88.6%	78.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.3%	2.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.1 min	9.5 min	17.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	67	71	68	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,995	2,131	24,723	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	380	19%	94.2%	-8.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	340	17%	83.5%	9.1 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	323	16%	89.8%	-3.8 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	315	16%	91.1%	-5.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	168	8%	86.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	124	6%	91.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	102	5%	89.2%	-2.8 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	93	5%	82.8%	-10.6 min	4.3%
9E Endeavor Air	67	3%	97.0%	-7.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	45	2%	88.9%	7.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	1%	84.0%	11.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	92.3%	8.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	285	95.4%	-6.3 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	258	81.4%	6.0 min	0.0%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	169	87.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	140	94.3%	-7.0 min	0.0%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	119	88.2%	-3.4 min	0.8%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	106	95.3%	-4.8 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	88	95.5%	-12.1 min	0.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	85	90.6%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	84	97.6%	-19.0 min	0.0%
MEM–LAS	Memphis to Las Vegas	83	84.3%	-4.1 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	71	87.3%	-12.7 min	8.5%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	70	90.0%	-6.9 min	1.4%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.6%	42.7%	6,641
Late-arriving aircraft	37.8%	37.4%	5,758
National Aviation System	16.2%	16.3%	2,472
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.4%	278
Security	0.5%	0.2%	81

15,230 delay minutes on 203 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 October 2024?

88.4% of 1,995 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.9% of 2,131 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 88.4% and 0.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

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