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Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) delays & on-time performance

Jackson/Vicksburg, Mississippi · 11 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at JAN right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
122 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
88 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 14 min

Figures cover 5,883 departures from JAN; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into JAN were on time 78% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (76%).
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (91% on time); around 7pm did worst (72%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

Most delayed routes from JAN

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 11 routes from JAN →

Most reliable routes from JAN

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at JAN

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines89%1.6%10 min11,956
Southwest Airlines84%0.5%9 min51,298
Republic Airways83%0.0%13 min240
Envoy Air81%2.7%15 min1675
PSA Airlines80%3.4%25 min31,685
SkyWest Airlines76%3.9%20 min2229

Best time to fly out of JAN

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am90%979 flts
  • 6am91%410 flts
  • 7am90%569 flts
  • 8am88%73 flts
  • 9am85%475 flts
  • 10am90%293 flts
  • 11am84%185 flts
  • 12pm79%638 flts
  • 1pm84%312 flts
  • 2pm82%198 flts
  • 3pm86%296 flts
  • 4pm72%243 flts
  • 5pm75%281 flts
  • 6pm81%421 flts
  • 7pm72%340 flts
  • 8pm72%170 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 75.4% on time, 1.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.4% on time, 1.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 91.5% on time, 0.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.2% on time, 3.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 82.9% on time, 1.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 88.4% on time, 6.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 89.6% on time, 0.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 84.3% on time, 2.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 83.5% on time, 0.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 83.3% on time, 2.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.8% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.1% on time, 2.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
  • Extreme weather14%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.