McAllen International in November 2024

81.9%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 408 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 280 departures with 90.7% leaving on time: a change of −8.8 points, with flights up 46%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 79.8% of the time (406 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	90.7%	80.4%	85.2%
Arrived on time	81.9%	90.7%	79.3%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	6.4 min	21.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	9	13	19,180
Scheduled departures	408	280	4,736	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	145	36%	72.4%	12.7 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	138	34%	87.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	58	14%	82.8%	4.8 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	9%	91.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	90.3%	1.8 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	224	74.1%	11.6 min	1.3%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	78	91.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	70	91.4%	1.0 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	26	92.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	5	80.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	5	100.0%	-5.4 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	36.9%	2,130
Late-arriving aircraft	31.3%	35.6%	1,886
National Aviation System	16.7%	21.9%	1,004
Extreme weather	16.6%	5.4%	996
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,016 delay minutes on 71 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 November 2024?

81.9% of 408 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.7% of 280 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.7% in November 2024.

Provenance

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