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Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Jackson/Vicksburg, MS (JAN) ranks #117 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Jackson/Vicksburg, MS posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

84.2%
On-time
Top 42%
on-time, US airports
76 min
Delay when late
1.19%
Cancelled
#117 of 382
Corpus placement
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JAN on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%84.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 447,318.

Late Aircraft 41.2% (184,169 min)
Carrier 35.0% (156,465 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.3% (64,182 min)
Weather 9.2% (41,208 min)
Security 0.3% (1,294 min)

JAN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (94.8%) · worst: July (89.4%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.6%

JAN - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.7% 90.6% ▼ -5.3%

JAN - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14.6 min · taxi-in 6.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

13 min14 min15 min16 min17 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.3 min 13.8 min ▼ -9.8%

JAN's average taxi-out (14.6 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.3 min (September 2025) to 16.3 min (December 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Jackson/Vicksburg, MS.

Cancellation Rate

1.19%

947 of 79,839 flights

Diversion Rate

0.08%

63 of 79,839 flights

Delay Rate

15.8%

12,605 of 79,839 flights

Top Routes from JAN

Busiest routes to and from Jackson/Vicksburg, MS.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATL (Atlanta) → JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) 15,383 86.7% 341 mi
JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) → ATL (Atlanta) 15,381 90% 341 mi
JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 10,945 80.2% 408 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) 10,941 81.4% 408 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) 4,426 82.9% 562 mi
JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) → CLT (Charlotte) 4,419 85.4% 562 mi
JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) → HOU (Houston) 4,187 85.7% 359 mi
HOU (Houston) → JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) 4,181 78.5% 359 mi
IAH (Houston) → JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) 990 87.5% 351 mi
JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) → IAH (Houston) 990 89.2% 351 mi
DCA (Washington) → JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) 796 73.1% 860 mi
JAN (Jackson/Vicksburg) → DCA (Washington) 796 87.8% 860 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Jackson/Vicksburg, MS, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 84.2%).

San Jose, CA

San Jose, CA

84.2% on-time 546,547 flights

Dayton, OH

Dayton, OH

84.2% on-time 87,827 flights

Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge, LA

84.2% on-time 53,837 flights

Pellston, MI

Pellston, MI

84.2% on-time 9,995 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 79,839).

Burlington, VT

Burlington, VT

79,685 flights 83.4% on-time

Wilmington, NC

Wilmington, NC

80,728 flights 83.9% on-time

Aspen, CO

Aspen, CO

78,805 flights 73.5% on-time

Sioux Falls, SD

Sioux Falls, SD

83,262 flights 81.6% on-time

Other Airports in Mississippi

Compare performance with other Mississippi airports.

GPT 86%

Gulfport/Biloxi, MS

Gulfport/Biloxi · 38,923 flights
GTR 89.9%

Columbus, MS

Columbus · 9,419 flights
MEI 84.1%

Meridian, MS

Meridian · 7,934 flights
PIB 85%

Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS

Hattiesburg/Laurel · 7,551 flights

JAN delay-share reading

The standout signal at Jackson/Vicksburg, MS is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 41.2% of 447,318 delay minutes across 79,839 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 84.2% (5.2 pts above the 79% national average), with 12,605 delayed and 947 cancelled (1.19%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (41.2% late-aircraft, 35.0% carrier, 14.3% NAS, 9.2% weather, 0.3% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, JAN is strongest in September (94.8% on-time) and weakest in July (89.4%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,186 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 86.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Mississippi: Mississippi flight data.

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.

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Using JAN's data

JAN's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from JAN before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.6 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.