McAllen Miller International Airport (MFE) delays & on-time performance
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, Texas · 7 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MFE right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
85 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
113 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 4,736 departures from MFE; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MFE were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing McAllen Miller International Airport (MFE) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (84% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (77%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 7pm did worst (68%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (42%).
Most delayed routes from MFE
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%2,417 flts
- IAH · Houston80%689 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%426 flts
- AUS · Austin87%1,032 flts
Most reliable routes from MFE
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- AUS · Austin87%1,032 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%426 flts
- IAH · Houston80%689 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%2,417 flts
Best airline at MFE
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 84% | 0.7% | 19 min | 3 | 1,413 |
| United Airlines | 84% | 0.5% | 13 min | 1 | 409 |
| Envoy Air | 83% | 1.7% | 18 min | 2 | 725 |
| American Airlines | 77% | 3.6% | 29 min | 1 | 1,648 |
| Allegiant Air | 77% | 0.4% | 25 min | 3 | 541 |
Best time to fly out of MFE
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%757 flts
- 6am93%221 flts
- 7am84%589 flts
- 9am82%300 flts
- 10am76%236 flts
- 11am80%145 flts
- 12pm87%461 flts
- 1pm78%325 flts
- 2pm86%138 flts
- 3pm70%209 flts
- 4pm69%81 flts
- 5pm76%661 flts
- 6pm71%225 flts
- 7pm68%122 flts
- 8pm68%139 flts
- 9pm75%64 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.