McAllen International in November 2023

90.7%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 280 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 90.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 87.9% of the time (280 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 90.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	90.7%	—	80.4%	86.0%
Arrived on time	90.7%	—	79.3%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.8%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	—	21.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	13	18,793
Scheduled departures	280	—	4,736	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	143	51%	90.2%	-1.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	44	16%	97.7%	-8.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	13%	88.6%	-1.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	11%	86.7%	-6.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	28	10%	89.3%	-10.8 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	187	92.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	58	87.9%	-8.8 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	28	92.9%	-2.3 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	7	71.4%	3.7 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	42.5%	589
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	37.3%	776
National Aviation System	11.3%	16.2%	179
Extreme weather	2.2%	3.7%	34
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,578 delay minutes on 26 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 November 2023?

90.7% of 280 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.