Memphis International in July 2025

74.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,289 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.7% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 2,134 departures with 71.0% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 67.0% of the time (2,290 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 74.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.4%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	74.9%	71.0%	78.2%	69.7%
Arrived on time	74.7%	70.0%	78.2%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.4%	3.9%	2.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.3 min	24.9 min	17.3 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	76	71	68	21,048
Scheduled departures	2,289	2,134	24,723	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	412	18%	84.7%	-0.5 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	360	16%	75.8%	9.4 min	0.8%
YX Republic Airline	314	14%	71.0%	12.5 min	8.6%
AA American Airlines	302	13%	69.5%	19.1 min	2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	248	11%	81.5%	4.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	225	10%	71.1%	16.7 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	149	7%	65.8%	36.3 min	7.4%
UA United Airlines	119	5%	75.6%	14.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	87	4%	70.1%	13.5 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	64	3%	64.1%	26.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	9	0%	33.3%	68.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	283	83.4%	-0.3 min	0.4%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	239	61.5%	25.3 min	2.9%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	208	72.6%	16.1 min	0.0%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	147	74.1%	21.0 min	2.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	128	85.2%	-4.6 min	2.3%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	115	60.0%	30.4 min	13.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	102	68.6%	20.2 min	0.0%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	89	73.0%	6.8 min	9.0%
MEM–IAH	Memphis to Houston	88	80.7%	1.3 min	0.0%
MEM–PHL	Memphis to Philadelphia	88	76.1%	12.5 min	4.5%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	85	91.8%	-7.8 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	81	66.7%	14.5 min	0.0%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	31.1%	13,015
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	40.8%	17,957
National Aviation System	25.0%	20.7%	11,204
Extreme weather	5.7%	7.3%	2,566
Security	0.0%	0.1%	15

44,757 delay minutes on 512 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 July 2025?

74.9% of 2,289 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 71.0% of 2,134 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 2.4% in July 2025.

Provenance

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