Memphis International in October 2025

83.3%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,283 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,995 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 78.0% of the time (2,284 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	83.3%	88.4%	78.2%	80.0%
Arrived on time	82.2%	89.4%	78.2%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	2.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	9.1 min	17.3 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	76	67	68	20,195
Scheduled departures	2,283	1,995	24,723	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	377	17%	78.8%	6.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	368	16%	82.6%	4.5 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	363	16%	91.5%	-4.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	332	15%	88.9%	-4.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	245	11%	73.5%	9.9 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	183	8%	73.2%	10.0 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	161	7%	80.7%	0.8 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	124	5%	83.9%	1.2 min	0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	72	3%	91.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	2%	57.8%	28.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	69.2%	76.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	284	90.8%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	243	74.5%	11.2 min	2.1%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	201	82.6%	0.0 min	0.5%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	151	90.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	116	76.7%	6.2 min	0.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	115	90.4%	-5.6 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	105	79.0%	11.2 min	0.0%
MEM–IAH	Memphis to Houston	93	77.4%	5.8 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	92	76.1%	11.2 min	1.1%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	90	65.6%	13.9 min	1.1%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	88	94.3%	-8.4 min	0.0%
MEM–PHL	Memphis to Philadelphia	85	82.4%	-0.5 min	2.4%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	34.0%	8,666
Late-arriving aircraft	37.0%	39.7%	9,250
National Aviation System	19.9%	22.9%	4,974
Extreme weather	7.9%	3.3%	1,968
Security	0.5%	0.1%	117

24,975 delay minutes on 390 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 October 2025?

83.3% of 2,283 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 88.4% of 1,995 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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