Memphis International in January 2025

78.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,528 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,673 departures with 76.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 75.0% of the time (1,526 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MEM in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	78.8%	76.6%	78.2%	79.3%
Arrived on time	74.8%	73.0%	78.2%	78.6%
Cancelled	4.3%	3.7%	2.2%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	19.1 min	17.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	56	68	17,992
Scheduled departures	1,528	1,673	24,723	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	319	21%	81.5%	2.6 min	3.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	278	18%	80.6%	0.4 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	253	17%	68.0%	8.8 min	5.5%
MQ Envoy Air	164	11%	70.7%	8.9 min	4.3%
YX Republic Airline	148	10%	78.4%	-2.3 min	3.4%
OH PSA Airlines	128	8%	66.4%	12.9 min	7.8%
UA United Airlines	124	8%	71.8%	10.2 min	4.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	45	3%	88.9%	-12.7 min	2.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	30	2%	50.0%	32.0 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	2%	69.0%	6.3 min	10.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	1%	60.0%	59.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	247	81.8%	0.6 min	4.9%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	184	62.5%	14.0 min	7.1%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	151	70.2%	5.1 min	4.6%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	117	74.4%	7.6 min	2.6%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	103	72.8%	9.3 min	1.9%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	84	72.6%	12.3 min	8.3%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	84	77.4%	1.4 min	2.4%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	65	87.7%	-12.0 min	3.1%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	59	74.6%	2.4 min	8.5%
MEM–LAS	Memphis to Las Vegas	54	85.2%	-3.0 min	1.9%
MEM–IAH	Memphis to Houston	45	71.1%	11.2 min	8.9%
MEM–MDW	Memphis to Chicago	41	78.0%	3.2 min	2.4%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.6%	36.2%	6,888
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	34.7%	6,431
National Aviation System	22.4%	19.9%	4,733
Extreme weather	14.7%	9.1%	3,106
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,158 delay minutes on 316 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 January 2025?

78.8% of 1,528 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 76.6% of 1,673 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 4.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.