McAllen International in December 2025

80.9%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 387 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 8.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 459 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 72.3% of the time (386 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 5%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	80.9%	81.9%	80.4%	72.0%
Arrived on time	80.4%	81.3%	79.3%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	2.0%	1.8%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.7 min	14.8 min	21.9 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	15	13	19,410
Scheduled departures	387	459	4,736	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	164	42%	73.8%	21.3 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	109	28%	80.7%	12.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	48	12%	87.5%	14.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	34	9%	94.1%	-3.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	32	8%	87.5%	9.2 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	200	77.5%	16.7 min	0.5%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	89	80.9%	7.5 min	0.0%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	50	84.0%	20.5 min	0.0%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	35	88.6%	19.1 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	13	84.6%	3.3 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	58.2%	33.3%	5,462
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	41.1%	3,096
National Aviation System	4.1%	19.1%	387
Extreme weather	4.6%	6.4%	433
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

9,379 delay minutes on 75 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 December 2025?

80.9% of 387 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 81.9% of 459 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 0.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

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