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Airport month · August 2025
Memphis International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,191 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 2,042 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 74.1% of the time (2,191 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 79.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.9% | 83.5% | 78.2% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.0% | 81.0% | 78.2% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.5 min | 13.7 min | 17.3 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 73 | 68 | 68 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,191 | 2,042 | 24,723 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 363 | 17% | 87.6% | -5.5 min | 1.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 347 | 16% | 70.0% | 32.3 min | 2.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 320 | 15% | 82.2% | 1.1 min | 0.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 317 | 14% | 80.8% | 5.2 min | 0.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 240 | 11% | 77.5% | 4.4 min | 2.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 185 | 8% | 70.8% | 9.2 min | 2.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 158 | 7% | 86.7% | -5.4 min | 2.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 124 | 6% | 75.0% | 4.4 min | 2.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 88 | 4% | 80.7% | 7.5 min | 1.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 39 | 2% | 66.7% | 37.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 0% | 60.0% | 22.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 282 | 88.3% | -10.5 min | 2.1% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 221 | 74.7% | 10.6 min | 2.3% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 212 | 61.8% | 30.5 min | 4.7% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 158 | 82.3% | 3.8 min | 0.6% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 116 | 75.0% | -0.9 min | 3.4% |
| MEM–DTW | Memphis to Detroit | 107 | 86.9% | -1.7 min | 0.9% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 103 | 71.8% | 11.3 min | 1.0% |
| MEM–IAH | Memphis to Houston | 90 | 77.8% | 2.2 min | 1.1% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 87 | 87.4% | -2.1 min | 2.3% |
| MEM–MSP | Memphis to Minneapolis | 87 | 87.4% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 69 | 71.0% | 10.3 min | 1.4% |
| MEM–PHL | Memphis to Philadelphia | 67 | 88.1% | -8.6 min | 1.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in August 2025?
80.9% of 2,191 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 83.5% of 2,042 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 1.6% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.