McAllen International in January 2025

78.3%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 466 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 4.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 285 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights up 64%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 76.2% of the time (466 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 22%.

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 4.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MFE in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	78.3%	77.9%	80.4%	79.3%
Arrived on time	79.6%	77.2%	79.3%	78.6%
Cancelled	4.9%	3.2%	1.8%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.8 min	27.4 min	21.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	10	13	17,992
Scheduled departures	466	285	4,736	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	181	39%	75.7%	31.2 min	5.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	128	27%	77.3%	-0.6 min	5.5%
UA United Airlines	60	13%	91.7%	-12.2 min	5.0%
MQ Envoy Air	52	11%	76.9%	11.1 min	5.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	10%	88.9%	3.8 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	240	75.8%	25.8 min	5.8%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	97	84.5%	-5.8 min	6.2%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	84	79.8%	-2.5 min	3.6%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	27	81.5%	22.5 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	9	100.0%	-42.3 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	9	100.0%	-6.0 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.5%	36.2%	4,788
Late-arriving aircraft	26.5%	34.7%	2,853
National Aviation System	5.8%	19.9%	628
Extreme weather	22.4%	9.1%	2,410
Security	0.7%	0.2%	79

10,758 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 January 2025?

78.3% of 466 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 77.9% of 285 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 4.9% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.