McAllen International in October 2023

80.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 299 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 80.9% of the time (299 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 69%, late-arriving aircraft 17% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	80.9%	—	80.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	80.6%	—	79.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.0 min	—	21.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	13	19,966
Scheduled departures	299	—	4,736	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	146	49%	81.5%	31.2 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	21%	79.0%	4.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	11%	78.8%	16.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	33	11%	93.9%	-5.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	25	8%	64.0%	15.2 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	175	79.4%	27.9 min	1.1%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	91	83.5%	1.7 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	17.1 min	0.0%
MFE–LAX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Los Angeles	2	100.0%	6.0 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	68.9%	41.3%	5,635
Late-arriving aircraft	17.2%	40.5%	1,403
National Aviation System	11.6%	14.4%	947
Extreme weather	2.3%	3.7%	191
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,176 delay minutes on 54 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 October 2023?

80.9% of 299 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.