McAllen International in August 2024

80.8%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 454 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 247 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights up 84%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 72.8% of the time (453 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	80.8%	85.4%	80.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.1%	84.2%	79.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.8%	1.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	10.4 min	21.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	8	13	20,634
Scheduled departures	454	247	4,736	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	170	37%	72.9%	15.4 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	95	21%	90.5%	12.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	20%	78.9%	18.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	55	12%	94.5%	-8.9 min	1.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	44	10%	79.5%	9.3 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	270	79.3%	14.6 min	0.7%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	85	78.8%	18.5 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	55	94.5%	-8.9 min	1.8%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	30	73.3%	15.4 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	6	100.0%	-8.8 min	0.0%
MFE–LAX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Los Angeles	4	100.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	4	75.0%	2.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.9%	33.8%	4,092
Late-arriving aircraft	40.9%	39.8%	3,429
National Aviation System	5.8%	20.4%	489
Extreme weather	4.3%	5.9%	364
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,374 delay minutes on 82 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 August 2024?

80.8% of 454 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.4% of 247 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.7% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.