Flights Baltimore → Memphis
BWI → MEM
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Memphis has a 67% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 17 minutes. With 69 total flights recorded and the destination airport handling over four million passengers annually, this route connects a historic city known for its aviation history with a major transportation hub in the southern United States.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → Memphis (MEM) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 89 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Memphis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Memphis (MEM) heads west for about 1,265 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 0m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of BWI-MEM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Memphis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 89 tracked BWI-MEM flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-MEM
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Memphis (MEM) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 89 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Memphis is 2.25% across 89 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
