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Mission/McAllen/Edinburg, TX

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.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.6%
On-time
Top 81%
on-time, US airports
88 min
Delay when late
1.60%
Cancelled
#151 of 382
Corpus placement
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MFE on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 393,001.

Late Aircraft 39.6% (155,474 min)
Carrier 36.7% (144,339 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.7% (61,649 min)
Weather 7.8% (30,733 min)
Security 0.2% (806 min)

MFE - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.9%) · worst: June (88.7%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.7%

MFE - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96% 90.6% ▼ -5.6%

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).

12 min13 min14 min15 min16 min17 min Jan 24Dec 25 12.9 min 14.5 min ▲ +12.4%

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.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) 13,432 74.4% 469 mi
MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 13,432 79.9% 469 mi
MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) → IAH (Houston) 5,812 89.1% 316 mi
IAH (Houston) → MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) 5,811 83.2% 316 mi
AUS (Austin) → MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) 1,697 79.8% 279 mi
MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) → AUS (Austin) 1,697 80.1% 279 mi
MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) → LAS (Las Vegas) 1,156 77% 1,210 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → MFE (Mission/McAllen/Edinburg) 1,155 80.2% 1,210 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.6%).

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo, NY

80.6% on-time 221,909 flights

Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth, NH

80.6% on-time 4,468 flights

North Bend/Coos Bay, OR

North Bend/Coos Bay, OR

80.6% on-time 4,337 flights

Nantucket, MA

Nantucket, MA

80.5% on-time 17,080 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 47,923).

Monterey, CA

Monterey, CA

47,880 flights 83.9% on-time

Green Bay, WI

Green Bay, WI

48,314 flights 85.5% on-time

Bangor, ME

Bangor, ME

47,532 flights 83% on-time

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

48,496 flights 83.7% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

DFW 78.5%

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth · 3,395,134 flights
IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
DAL 77.6%

Dallas, TX

Dallas · 791,209 flights
HOU 79.4%

Houston, TX

Houston · 618,821 flights
SAT 81.7%

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio · 419,736 flights
ELP 81.4%

El Paso, TX

El Paso · 186,225 flights
MAF 82.9%

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa · 100,719 flights

MFE delay-share reading

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.

Statewide aggregates for Texas: Texas flight data.

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.

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Using MFE's data

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.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.