Memphis International in November 2025

78.9%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,991 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,787 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −9.0 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 76.3% of the time (1,988 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.9%	87.9%	78.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.3%	86.7%	78.2%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.1%	2.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	8.4 min	17.3 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	66	60	68	19,018
Scheduled departures	1,991	1,787	24,723	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	396	20%	74.2%	11.6 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	340	17%	88.5%	-7.0 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	326	16%	80.1%	2.9 min	1.2%
YX Republic Airline	276	14%	74.3%	8.3 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	273	14%	79.5%	5.3 min	1.5%
UA United Airlines	116	6%	85.3%	-2.8 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	106	5%	62.3%	17.4 min	8.5%
OH PSA Airlines	49	2%	59.2%	21.9 min	2.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	46	2%	91.3%	-16.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	2%	66.7%	18.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	1%	83.3%	8.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	266	86.1%	-4.8 min	1.9%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	204	65.7%	16.2 min	6.4%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	160	60.6%	24.1 min	3.1%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	153	83.0%	1.6 min	0.0%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	102	93.1%	-7.6 min	1.0%
MEM–IAH	Memphis to Houston	89	76.4%	5.8 min	0.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	88	75.0%	7.6 min	1.1%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	84	83.3%	-1.9 min	1.2%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	82	70.7%	12.8 min	3.7%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	68	91.2%	-6.0 min	2.9%
MEM–LAS	Memphis to Las Vegas	64	90.6%	-13.7 min	0.0%
MEM–PHL	Memphis to Philadelphia	59	66.1%	18.8 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.1%	30.2%	9,532
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	38.3%	10,422
National Aviation System	26.7%	26.7%	7,675
Extreme weather	3.9%	4.6%	1,117
Security	0.0%	0.1%	12

28,758 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 November 2025?

78.9% of 1,991 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.9% of 1,787 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 2.0% in November 2025.

Provenance

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