McAllen International in April 2025

75.1%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 430 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 306 departures with 78.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 41%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 73.5% of the time (430 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	75.1%	78.1%	80.4%	80.6%
Arrived on time	75.1%	75.8%	79.3%	79.5%
Cancelled	3.5%	2.3%	1.8%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.8 min	19.4 min	21.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	10	13	19,465
Scheduled departures	430	306	4,736	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	148	34%	66.9%	33.8 min	5.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	145	34%	76.6%	6.6 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	61	14%	75.4%	1.9 min	9.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	46	11%	91.3%	-10.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	7%	83.3%	9.1 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	235	68.9%	24.5 min	6.4%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	86	81.4%	1.2 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	63	77.8%	9.0 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	38	92.1%	-11.3 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	8	87.5%	-6.1 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.1%	32.7%	4,353
Late-arriving aircraft	27.2%	39.4%	2,626
National Aviation System	15.0%	22.2%	1,445
Extreme weather	12.8%	5.5%	1,233
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,657 delay minutes on 91 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 April 2025?

75.1% of 430 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 78.1% of 306 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 3.5% in April 2025.

Provenance

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