McAllen International in September 2023

90.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 253 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 90.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 10.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 82.3% of the time (254 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 16%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.9%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	90.5%	—	80.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	88.1%	—	79.3%	80.1%
Cancelled	2.0%	—	1.8%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	—	21.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	13	18,978
Scheduled departures	253	—	4,736	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	148	58%	87.8%	-2.2 min	2.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	42	17%	76.2%	7.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	33	13%	100.0%	-12.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	12%	93.3%	-12.4 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MFE–DFW	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	173	89.0%	-4.1 min	2.9%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	38	97.4%	-10.5 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	36	77.8%	6.4 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	6	66.7%	16.5 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	36.4%	657
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	38.3%	1,035
National Aviation System	16.3%	19.9%	339
Extreme weather	2.4%	5.1%	49
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,080 delay minutes on 25 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 September 2023?

90.5% of 253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.