McAllen International in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 459 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 261 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 76%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 77.4% of the time (461 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	89.3%	80.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	81.3%	85.8%	79.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.0%	1.8%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	6.9 min	21.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	9	13	19,686
Scheduled departures	459	261	4,736	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	166	36%	77.7%	17.2 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	120	26%	86.7%	-1.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	80	17%	80.0%	-0.2 min	2.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	49	11%	83.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	44	10%	79.5%	1.7 min	6.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MFE–DFW	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	248	78.2%	11.6 min	2.4%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	84	86.9%	-2.0 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	78	83.3%	-0.4 min	3.8%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	29	86.2%	-2.3 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	11	81.8%	19.5 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	2.2 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	34.3%	2,573
Late-arriving aircraft	30.2%	40.2%	2,086
National Aviation System	20.4%	17.8%	1,410
Extreme weather	11.4%	7.5%	789
Security	0.7%	0.2%	50

6,908 delay minutes on 76 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 December 2024?

81.9% of 459 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 89.3% of 261 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 2.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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