OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Miami to Memphis

860 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MIA–MEM arrive on time 55% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate55%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 541 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time55%
    Median5 min
    p9085 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights541

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline42%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather89%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 9 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 MIA → MEM

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 60% to 63% on time.

  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 95 min · 259 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 75 min · 1,078 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 49% to 71% on time.

  • Tuesdays71% on time · p90 45 min · 176 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays65% on time · p90 55 min · 172 flights · limited
  • Saturdays64% on time · p90 75 min · 211 flights
  • Mondays60% on time · p90 85 min · 197 flights · limited
  • Fridays58% on time · p90 95 min · 196 flights · limited
  • Thursdays57% on time · p90 60 min · 196 flights · limited
  • Sundays49% on time · p90 95 min · 200 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.