McAllen International in February 2025

84.4%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 405 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 287 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights up 41%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 78.7% of the time (404 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	84.4%	87.8%	80.4%	79.2%
Arrived on time	84.7%	84.7%	79.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.3%	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	8.7 min	21.9 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	10	13	16,830
Scheduled departures	405	287	4,736	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	163	40%	84.7%	20.4 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	116	29%	81.9%	-4.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	50	12%	84.0%	4.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	47	12%	89.4%	-6.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	29	7%	89.7%	-10.5 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MFE–DFW	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	204	83.8%	15.5 min	1.0%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	78	88.5%	-12.3 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	76	80.3%	7.7 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	31	90.3%	-12.0 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	8	75.0%	26.6 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	8	100.0%	-15.0 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	65.1%	33.9%	4,498
Late-arriving aircraft	27.3%	36.9%	1,885
National Aviation System	4.6%	22.5%	317
Extreme weather	3.0%	6.6%	207
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,907 delay minutes on 58 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 February 2025?

84.4% of 405 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.8% of 287 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 0.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

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