Memphis International in January 2026

73.6%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,727 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.0% reached their destination on time; 9.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,528 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 68.8% of the time (1,727 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 72.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 9.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MEM in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	73.6%	78.8%	78.2%	75.6%
Arrived on time	72.0%	74.8%	78.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.5%	4.3%	2.2%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	14.3 min	17.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	51	68	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,727	1,528	24,723	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	331	19%	75.8%	5.9 min	6.6%
AA American Airlines	328	19%	66.2%	18.1 min	13.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	284	16%	80.3%	-4.2 min	8.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	254	15%	66.5%	18.5 min	7.9%
YX Republic Airline	193	11%	71.0%	4.7 min	10.9%
UA United Airlines	119	7%	76.5%	-2.4 min	10.1%
OH PSA Airlines	90	5%	64.4%	32.3 min	14.4%
MQ Envoy Air	40	2%	67.5%	6.8 min	5.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	2%	65.7%	18.3 min	5.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	33	2%	87.9%	-9.5 min	6.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	20	1%	65.0%	13.8 min	10.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	260	77.3%	1.2 min	6.5%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	185	57.8%	17.7 min	10.3%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	162	65.4%	8.0 min	13.6%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	144	68.8%	29.7 min	15.3%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	105	81.0%	-3.6 min	7.6%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	88	65.9%	39.0 min	11.4%
MEM–IAH	Memphis to Houston	80	77.5%	-8.2 min	8.8%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	69	81.2%	-7.2 min	8.7%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	66	59.1%	32.7 min	9.1%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	58	82.8%	-7.6 min	6.9%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	57	71.9%	15.8 min	5.3%
MEM–MIA	Memphis to Miami	54	64.8%	9.3 min	13.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	51.2%	37.3%	15,781
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	35.0%	9,214
National Aviation System	11.5%	18.0%	3,547
Extreme weather	7.4%	9.6%	2,276
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

30,818 delay minutes on 317 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 January 2026?

73.6% of 1,727 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.8% of 1,528 departures left on time and 4.3% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 9.5% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.