Flights Mcallen → Dallas-Fort Worth
MFE → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from McAllen to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high frequency of 592 flights, utilizing aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and Airbus A319. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, these flights experience an average delay of 31 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 87,817,864 passengers per year.
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 Mcallen (MFE) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 765 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Mcallen the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Mcallen (MFE) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads north for about 756 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Mcallen on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 54% of MFE-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Mcallen the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 765 tracked MFE-DFW flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MFE-DFW
On the Mcallen (MFE) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 765 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Mcallen-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.18% across 765 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
