McAllen International in August 2023

85.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 247 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 81.4% of the time (247 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MFE in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	85.4%	—	80.4%	76.7%
Arrived on time	84.2%	—	79.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	21.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	13	20,100
Scheduled departures	247	—	4,736	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	141	57%	84.4%	0.7 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	57	23%	89.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	46	19%	76.1%	8.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	3	1%	100.0%	-13.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MFE–DFW	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	84.7%	0.4 min	1.4%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	57	89.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	29	75.9%	9.4 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	9	66.7%	7.8 min	0.0%
MFE–BNA	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Nashville	4	100.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
MFE–LAX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Los Angeles	4	75.0%	10.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	31.8%	36.7%	755
Late-arriving aircraft	50.3%	42.2%	1,195
National Aviation System	11.9%	15.7%	283
Extreme weather	6.1%	5.1%	144
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,377 delay minutes on 37 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MFE on time in August 2023?

85.4% of 247 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MFE · methodology · corrections.