Flights Memphis → Austin
MEM → AUS
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 Memphis (MEM) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 96 flights monitored in recent months, 93% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 7.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Memphis (MEM) to Austin (AUS) heads south-west for about 899 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from Memphis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of MEM-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 96 tracked MEM-AUS flights, 93% left on time with an average delay of -2 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about MEM-AUS
On the Memphis (MEM) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 93% with an average delay of -2 minutes, based on 96 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Memphis-Austin is 0.00% across 96 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
