Flights Houston → Mcallen
IAH → MFE
How long is the flight from Houston to Mcallen?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Mcallen (MFE) takes about 1h 3m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to McAllen has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights averaging a delay of 9.2 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 479 flights, serving the significant number of passengers who transit through or are destined for the destination airport, which handles nearly one million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Houston (IAH) → Mcallen (MFE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1348 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Mcallen the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Mcallen: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Mcallen (MFE) heads south-west for about 510 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of IAH-MFE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Mcallen it is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 1,348 tracked IAH-MFE flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-MFE
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Mcallen (MFE) takes about 1h 3m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Mcallen (MFE) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 1348 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Mcallen is 1.71% across 1348 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
