McAllen International in April 2024

78.1%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 306 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 73.7% of the time (308 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 25%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	78.1%	—	80.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	75.8%	—	79.3%	80.2%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	1.8%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	—	21.9 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	13	19,406
Scheduled departures	306	—	4,736	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	142	46%	69.7%	15.9 min	2.8%
MQ Envoy Air	60	20%	83.3%	3.0 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	45	15%	68.9%	33.2 min	2.2%
UA United Airlines	30	10%	96.7%	-13.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	29	9%	79.3%	7.2 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	202	73.8%	12.1 min	3.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	50	98.0%	-18.3 min	0.0%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	25	44.0%	82.3 min	4.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	21	76.2%	11.2 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	8	87.5%	-3.2 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	33.6%	2,189
Late-arriving aircraft	25.8%	41.0%	1,575
National Aviation System	12.7%	20.0%	774
Extreme weather	24.9%	5.1%	1,520
Security	0.6%	0.2%	39

6,097 delay minutes on 66 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 April 2024?

78.1% of 306 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.