OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Memphis

1,139 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–MEM arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.8%of scheduled flights

based on 181 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights181

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)23%
  • Late aircraft50%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline40%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)60%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 5 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BOS → MEM

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Afternoons are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 25 min · 153 flights · limited
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 70 min · 386 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 65 min · 784 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 176 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 206 flights
  • Wednesdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 204 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 202 flights
  • Sundays69% on time · p90 55 min · 207 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 75 min · 209 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 65 min · 206 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.