McAllen International in September 2025

82.3%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 345 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 437 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 78.3% of the time (346 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 27% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	82.3%	87.0%	80.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	80.3%	85.4%	79.3%	82.8%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.2%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	9.7 min	21.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	15	13	18,748
Scheduled departures	345	437	4,736	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	146	42%	91.8%	-3.1 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	119	34%	66.4%	21.3 min	3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	10%	80.6%	2.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	9%	86.7%	3.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	14	4%	64.3%	7.6 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	188	72.9%	13.4 min	2.7%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	86	93.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	36	80.6%	2.9 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	35	88.6%	0.0 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.9%	34.3%	1,389
Late-arriving aircraft	59.5%	37.4%	3,074
National Aviation System	6.2%	22.6%	322
Extreme weather	7.3%	5.6%	379
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,164 delay minutes on 62 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 September 2025?

82.3% of 345 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.0% of 437 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 1.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

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