According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Jackson, WY (JAC) ranks #131 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Jackson, WY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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JAC on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Jackson, WY sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Jackson, WY handles more flight
volume than 66% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
20% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Jackson, WY vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 64,902 ·
On-time rate: 80.7%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes687,029 min
Late Aircraft268,585 min · 39%
Carrier231,635 min · 34%
NAS (National Aviation System)125,392 min · 18%
Weather60,660 min · 9%
Security757 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
JAC - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: November (94.7%) · worst: January (86.5%)
JAC - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
JAC - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 21.9 min · taxi-in 5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
JAC's average taxi-out (21.9 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is February 2025 at 29.9 min; the lightest is June 2024 at 16.8 min.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Jackson, WY, both outside Wyoming so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Jackson, WY is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 39.1% of 687,029 delay minutes across 64,902 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.7% (1.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 12,496 delayed and 616 cancelled (0.95%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (39.1% late-aircraft, 33.7% carrier, 18.3% NAS, 8.8% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, JAC is strongest in November (94.7% on-time) and weakest in January (86.5%), a 8.2-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,379 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 80.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Jackson, WY vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.7%Top 80%higher than 20% of 382 airports
Jackson, WY
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
JAC's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from JAC before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in November rather than January if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. February 2025 averaged 29.9 min. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jackson, WY's on-time rate?
Jackson, WY (JAC) has a 80.7% on-time rate across 64,902 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does JAC rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Jackson, WY ranks #131 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Jackson, WY?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at JAC, accounting for 39.1% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 39.1% late-aircraft, 33.7% carrier, 18.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 8.8% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Jackson, WY?
November is historically JAC's strongest month at 94.7% on-time, while January is the weakest at 86.5%, a 8.2-point swing across the BTS historical record.