McAllen International in August 2025

78.6%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 365 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 454 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights down 20%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 75.4% of the time (366 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 73.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	78.6%	80.8%	80.4%	76.8%
Arrived on time	73.4%	81.1%	79.3%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.7%	1.8%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.0 min	19.2 min	21.9 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	15	13	20,079
Scheduled departures	365	454	4,736	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	106	29%	74.5%	12.0 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	91	25%	60.4%	27.2 min	5.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	24%	79.3%	11.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	50	14%	74.0%	22.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	90.3%	-5.8 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	197	68.0%	18.8 min	3.6%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	87	79.3%	11.5 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	35	88.6%	15.7 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	31	90.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	10	10.0%	58.5 min	0.0%
MFE–LAX	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Los Angeles	5	100.0%	-6.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	33.1%	3,333
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	40.5%	3,306
National Aviation System	11.5%	19.2%	941
Extreme weather	7.4%	7.0%	606
Security	0.1%	0.1%	8

8,194 delay minutes on 89 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 August 2025?

78.6% of 365 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 80.8% of 454 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 1.9% in August 2025.

Provenance

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