McAllen International in May 2024

64.9%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 393 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 64.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.6% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 8.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 51.4% of the time (393 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 61.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.1%
Cancelled 5.9%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	64.9%	—	80.4%	73.4%
Arrived on time	61.6%	—	79.3%	72.3%
Cancelled	5.9%	—	1.8%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	40.7 min	—	21.9 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	13	20,325
Scheduled departures	393	—	4,736	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	127	32%	54.3%	44.0 min	11.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	110	28%	54.5%	51.1 min	1.8%
MQ Envoy Air	89	23%	65.2%	25.7 min	6.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	9%	86.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	77.4%	17.1 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	216	58.8%	36.3 min	9.3%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	88	53.4%	53.4 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	53	69.8%	26.8 min	5.7%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	26	84.6%	2.2 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	9	88.9%	-15.4 min	0.0%
MFE–LAX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Los Angeles	1	100.0%	0.0 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.7%	29.8%	6,295
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	43.0%	4,584
National Aviation System	14.5%	20.1%	2,184
Extreme weather	13.4%	7.0%	2,015
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

15,078 delay minutes on 126 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 May 2024?

64.9% of 393 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.