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.
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JAN 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/Vicksburg, MS sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Jackson/Vicksburg, MS handles more flight
volume than 70% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
58% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and reliable.
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/Vicksburg, MS vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 79,839 ·
On-time rate: 84.2%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes447,318 min
Late Aircraft184,169 min · 41%
Carrier156,465 min · 35%
NAS (National Aviation System)64,182 min · 14%
Weather41,208 min · 9%
Security1,294 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
JAN - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (94.8%) · worst: July (89.4%)
JAN - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Jackson/Vicksburg, MS vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
84.2%Top 42%higher than 58% of 382 airports
Jackson/Vicksburg, MS
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Jackson/Vicksburg, MS's on-time rate?
Jackson/Vicksburg, MS (JAN) has a 84.2% on-time rate across 79,839 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 5.2 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the above-median on-time performance.
How does JAN rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Jackson/Vicksburg, MS ranks #117 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/Vicksburg, MS?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at JAN, accounting for 41.2% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 41.2% late-aircraft, 35.0% carrier, 14.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 9.2% weather, and 0.3% security.
When is the best time to fly through Jackson/Vicksburg, MS?
September is historically JAN's strongest month at 94.8% on-time, while July is the weakest at 89.4%, a 5.4-point swing across the BTS historical record.