McAllen International in May 2026

76.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 422 domestic departures from McAllen International (MFE). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MFE departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 417 departures with 73.1% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MFE that month were on time 68.7% of the time (422 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MFE in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	MFE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	76.1%	73.1%	80.4%	77.1%
Arrived on time	77.3%	70.3%	79.3%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.4%	2.9%	1.8%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.9 min	30.8 min	21.9 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	14	13	20,391
Scheduled departures	422	417	4,736	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	138	33%	79.0%	3.5 min	3.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	132	31%	78.0%	13.2 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	76	18%	77.6%	18.7 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	11%	77.8%	44.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	7%	64.5%	39.2 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	214	78.5%	8.9 min	3.3%
MFE–AUS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Austin	87	88.5%	-6.6 min	1.1%
MFE–IAH	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Houston	76	60.5%	47.1 min	2.6%
MFE–LAS	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Las Vegas	34	85.3%	3.5 min	0.0%
MFE–SFB	Mission/McAllen/Edinburg to Sanford	11	54.5%	171.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.5%	33.0%	2,939
Late-arriving aircraft	43.2%	40.4%	4,618
National Aviation System	11.9%	20.5%	1,276
Extreme weather	17.3%	6.0%	1,848
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,681 delay minutes on 85 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 May 2026?

76.1% of 422 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 73.1% of 417 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 76.1% and 2.4% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; 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.