On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Memphis International in February 2025

81.3%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,456 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,573 departures with 89.8% leaving on time: a change of −8.5 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 75.5% of the time (1,456 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 24%.

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

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

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time81.3%89.8%78.2%79.2%
Arrived on time80.2%88.6%78.2%77.9%
Cancelled1.5%0.3%2.2%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.4 min7.6 min17.3 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day49526816,830
Scheduled departures1,4561,57324,723504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines29520%87.5%-1.2 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines27319%83.5%-0.8 min0.0%
AA American Airlines23016%80.9%15.1 min2.2%
MQ Envoy Air16511%77.6%3.4 min1.8%
YX Republic Airline1349%76.1%2.2 min3.7%
OH PSA Airlines1228%65.6%15.8 min4.9%
UA United Airlines1118%79.3%8.1 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines483%68.8%17.0 min2.1%
NK Spirit Airlines413%87.8%-14.5 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air292%72.4%12.3 min6.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines81%100.0%-18.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MEM–ATLMemphis to Atlanta22486.2%-0.1 min0.0%
MEM–DFWMemphis to Dallas/Fort Worth16477.4%10.3 min2.4%
MEM–ORDMemphis to Chicago13674.3%9.5 min0.7%
MEM–CLTMemphis to Charlotte13580.0%15.9 min3.0%
MEM–DENMemphis to Denver9283.7%7.3 min0.0%
MEM–DCAMemphis to Washington7758.4%19.8 min6.5%
MEM–LGAMemphis to New York7682.9%-1.1 min3.9%
MEM–HOUMemphis to Houston5278.8%-3.8 min0.0%
MEM–LASMemphis to Las Vegas5280.8%2.6 min0.0%
MEM–IAHMemphis to Houston4872.9%8.0 min0.0%
MEM–MCOMemphis to Orlando4891.7%-9.4 min0.0%
MEM–MDWMemphis to Chicago4379.1%1.7 min0.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier29.1%33.9%6,182
Late-arriving aircraft43.8%36.9%9,319
National Aviation System24.1%22.5%5,130
Extreme weather2.9%6.6%627
Security0.0%0.1%1
21,259 delay minutes on 265 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MEM on time in February 2025?

81.3% of 1,456 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 89.8% of 1,573 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 1.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

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