McAllen International in July 2024

69.5%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 472 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 69.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.7% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 58.5% of the time (472 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 65.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.4%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	69.5%	—	80.4%	68.5%
Arrived on time	65.7%	—	79.3%	68.1%
Cancelled	3.0%	—	1.8%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.0 min	—	21.9 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	13	21,154
Scheduled departures	472	—	4,736	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	162	34%	57.4%	44.9 min	3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	111	24%	68.5%	17.4 min	1.8%
MQ Envoy Air	78	17%	71.8%	13.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	70	15%	74.3%	6.6 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	51	11%	64.7%	20.6 min	11.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MFE–DFW	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	265	63.4%	31.7 min	1.9%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	85	65.9%	21.0 min	2.4%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	51	64.7%	20.6 min	11.8%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	35	71.4%	10.2 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	18	83.3%	5.9 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	9	55.6%	-1.0 min	11.1%
MFE–LAX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Los Angeles	8	87.5%	0.3 min	0.0%
MFE–PHX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Phoenix	1	100.0%	8.0 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.3%	36.6%	4,399
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	42.7%	6,529
National Aviation System	10.0%	16.0%	1,323
Extreme weather	7.1%	4.6%	943
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,194 delay minutes on 148 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 July 2024?

69.5% of 472 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.