McAllen International in March 2025

79.4%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 451 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 291 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 55%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 72.9% of the time (451 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	79.4%	80.1%	80.4%	79.9%
Arrived on time	79.4%	75.6%	79.3%	79.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	2.1%	1.8%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.7 min	15.8 min	21.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	10	13	20,029
Scheduled departures	451	291	4,736	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	147	33%	76.2%	18.9 min	2.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	145	32%	77.2%	5.7 min	2.8%
MQ Envoy Air	67	15%	77.6%	10.0 min	3.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	13%	89.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	34	8%	88.2%	-0.7 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	241	73.9%	17.3 min	2.9%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	88	81.8%	2.2 min	3.4%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	64	87.5%	-1.6 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	40	90.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MFE–PIE	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	-40.1 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	9	88.9%	49.1 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	49.1%	33.0%	4,078
Late-arriving aircraft	27.3%	39.2%	2,265
National Aviation System	6.4%	21.9%	530
Extreme weather	16.9%	5.9%	1,403
Security	0.4%	0.1%	34

8,310 delay minutes on 81 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 March 2025?

79.4% of 451 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 80.1% of 291 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 2.2% in March 2025.

Provenance

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