Memphis International in February 2026

83.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,609 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,456 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.4 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 76.5% of the time (1,609 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	83.7%	81.3%	78.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	83.8%	80.2%	78.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.7%	1.5%	2.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	15.4 min	17.3 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	49	68	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,609	1,456	24,723	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	317	20%	91.5%	-10.5 min	1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	275	17%	90.2%	-6.5 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	251	16%	81.3%	2.9 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	204	13%	84.3%	4.5 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	148	9%	79.7%	-2.9 min	4.1%
OH PSA Airlines	134	8%	70.1%	13.9 min	5.2%
UA United Airlines	112	7%	84.8%	4.5 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	82	5%	81.7%	-1.7 min	1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	2%	54.1%	34.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	28	2%	89.3%	-13.2 min	3.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	21	1%	71.4%	10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MEM–ATL	Memphis to Atlanta	235	88.9%	-8.5 min	2.1%
MEM–ORD	Memphis to Chicago	185	82.2%	0.1 min	0.5%
MEM–DFW	Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth	160	83.1%	0.0 min	0.6%
MEM–CLT	Memphis to Charlotte	128	78.9%	-4.1 min	3.9%
MEM–DEN	Memphis to Denver	97	86.6%	7.1 min	1.0%
MEM–DCA	Memphis to Washington	77	64.9%	15.2 min	6.5%
MEM–IAH	Memphis to Houston	69	87.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MEM–DTW	Memphis to Detroit	66	81.8%	6.6 min	0.0%
MEM–MCO	Memphis to Orlando	60	90.0%	-10.5 min	1.7%
MEM–HOU	Memphis to Houston	52	88.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MEM–LGA	Memphis to New York	50	72.0%	3.9 min	8.0%
MEM–MSP	Memphis to Minneapolis	50	98.0%	-6.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	38.2%	6,624
Late-arriving aircraft	43.2%	37.2%	7,352
National Aviation System	15.4%	18.5%	2,613
Extreme weather	2.3%	6.0%	398
Security	0.1%	0.2%	24

17,011 delay minutes on 232 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 February 2026?

83.7% of 1,609 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 81.3% of 1,456 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 1.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

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