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Airport month · April 2025
Memphis International in April 2025
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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,896 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 1,850 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,894 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 79.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
- Cancelled 1.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.5% | 85.8% | 78.2% | 80.6% |
| Arrived on time | 79.4% | 85.2% | 78.2% | 79.5% |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 0.8% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.7 min | 15.5 min | 17.3 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 63 | 62 | 68 | 19,465 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,896 | 1,850 | 24,723 | 583,950 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 424 | 22% | 86.6% | -1.0 min | 0.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 354 | 19% | 78.5% | 6.4 min | 1.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 282 | 15% | 76.2% | 12.6 min | 2.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 203 | 11% | 76.4% | 13.0 min | 3.4% |
| YX Republic Airline | 173 | 9% | 88.4% | 1.3 min | 0.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 165 | 9% | 72.1% | 8.6 min | 5.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 120 | 6% | 73.3% | 19.5 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 75 | 4% | 80.0% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 49 | 3% | 83.7% | -11.8 min | 4.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 40 | 2% | 57.5% | 20.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 63.6% | 27.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 293 | 87.0% | 0.0 min | 1.4% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 202 | 69.8% | 24.0 min | 5.0% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 167 | 78.4% | 10.4 min | 1.2% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 144 | 81.3% | 3.4 min | 3.5% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 113 | 73.5% | 12.8 min | 0.9% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 101 | 66.3% | 29.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 85 | 89.4% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 69 | 91.3% | -5.7 min | 1.4% |
| MEM–DTW | Memphis to Detroit | 60 | 88.3% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–IAH | Memphis to Houston | 60 | 85.0% | -1.0 min | 1.7% |
| MEM–PHX | Memphis to Phoenix | 60 | 80.0% | 3.7 min | 3.3% |
| MEM–PHL | Memphis to Philadelphia | 59 | 78.0% | 4.8 min | 6.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in April 2025?
81.5% of 1,896 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2024, 85.8% of 1,850 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 1.9% in April 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.