McAllen International in March 2024

80.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 291 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 72.2% of the time (291 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MFE in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	80.1%	—	80.4%	78.5%
Arrived on time	75.6%	—	79.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.1%	—	1.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	—	21.9 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	13	19,726
Scheduled departures	291	—	4,736	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	141	48%	71.6%	14.3 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	86	30%	87.2%	-6.2 min	3.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	11%	66.7%	17.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	11%	71.0%	27.5 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MFE–DFW	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	172	71.5%	16.7 min	1.7%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	86	87.2%	-6.2 min	3.5%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	24	70.8%	15.8 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	9	55.6%	21.2 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.2%	32.1%	1,173
Late-arriving aircraft	47.4%	42.1%	2,296
National Aviation System	22.9%	21.4%	1,110
Extreme weather	4.2%	4.2%	205
Security	1.2%	0.2%	58

4,842 delay minutes on 65 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 March 2024?

80.1% of 291 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.