Memphis International in November 2024

87.9%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,787 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,927 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 84.0% of the time (1,787 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 31%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.9%	86.5%	78.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.7%	86.8%	78.2%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	2.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	10.4 min	17.3 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	60	64	68	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,787	1,927	24,723	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	359	20%	82.7%	2.5 min	0.3%
YX Republic Airline	308	17%	88.3%	-4.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	307	17%	91.2%	-7.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	304	17%	85.9%	-0.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	148	8%	93.2%	-9.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	118	7%	82.2%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	94	5%	86.2%	3.1 min	1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	56	3%	87.5%	-3.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	2%	78.8%	0.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	2%	93.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	19	1%	73.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	1%	60.0%	29.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	261	91.2%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	187	77.5%	7.3 min	0.5%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	149	86.6%	1.1 min	0.0%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	130	90.0%	-5.8 min	0.8%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	128	90.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	99	79.8%	2.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	82	92.7%	-10.8 min	0.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	82	93.9%	-9.7 min	0.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	79	93.7%	-13.9 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	61	85.2%	-6.3 min	0.0%
MEM–LAS	Memphis to Las Vegas	59	89.8%	-0.5 min	0.0%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	57	84.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	36.9%	5,004
Late-arriving aircraft	30.9%	35.6%	4,280
National Aviation System	31.0%	21.9%	4,293
Extreme weather	2.0%	5.4%	272
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,849 delay minutes on 233 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 November 2024?

87.9% of 1,787 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 86.5% of 1,927 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.9% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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