McAllen International in October 2025

85.2%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 391 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 483 departures with 90.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 81.8% of the time (391 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	85.2%	90.3%	80.4%	80.0%
Arrived on time	83.4%	88.8%	79.3%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	1.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	9.5 min	21.9 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	16	13	20,195
Scheduled departures	391	483	4,736	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	161	41%	85.7%	1.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	136	35%	83.8%	-2.3 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	9%	77.8%	0.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	80.6%	13.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	7%	77.8%	6.5 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	199	83.4%	-0.2 min	1.0%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	88	81.8%	5.2 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	68	88.2%	0.6 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	36	77.8%	0.9 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.4%	34.0%	1,952
Late-arriving aircraft	31.6%	39.7%	1,332
National Aviation System	13.8%	22.9%	579
Extreme weather	7.5%	3.3%	317
Security	0.7%	0.1%	29

4,209 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 October 2025?

85.2% of 391 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 90.3% of 483 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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