According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX (MFE) ranks #151 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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MFE on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX handles more flight
volume than 61% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
19% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 47,923 ·
On-time rate: 80.6%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes393,001 min
Late Aircraft155,474 min · 40%
Carrier144,339 min · 37%
NAS (National Aviation System)61,649 min · 16%
Weather30,733 min · 8%
Security806 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
MFE - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (93.9%) · worst: June (88.7%)
MFE - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
MFE - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 14.1 min · taxi-in 4.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
MFE's average taxi-out (14.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.6 min (August 2024) to 15.9 min (November 2025).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX.
Cancellation Rate
1.60%
765 of 47,923 flights
Diversion Rate
0.07%
34 of 47,923 flights
Delay Rate
19.4%
9,291 of 47,923 flights
Top Routes from MFE
Busiest routes to and from Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 39.6% of 393,001 delay minutes across 47,923 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.6% (1.6 pts above the 79% national average), with 9,291 delayed and 765 cancelled (1.60%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (39.6% late-aircraft, 36.7% carrier, 15.7% NAS, 7.8% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, MFE is strongest in September (93.9% on-time) and weakest in June (88.7%), a 5.2-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~742 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 74.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.6%Top 81%higher than 19% of 382 airports
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
MFE's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from MFE before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.1 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX's on-time rate?
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX (MFE) has a 80.6% on-time rate across 47,923 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.6 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does MFE rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX ranks #151 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at MFE, accounting for 39.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 39.6% late-aircraft, 36.7% carrier, 15.7% NAS/air-traffic-control, 7.8% weather, and 0.2% security.
When is the best time to fly through Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX?
September is historically MFE's strongest month at 93.9% on-time, while June is the weakest at 88.7%, a 5.2-point swing across the BTS historical record.