Brownsville South Padre Island International in December 2023

96.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 111 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 96.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 93.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 13.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 94.6% of the time (111 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 93.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BRO in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	96.4%	—	84.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	93.7%	—	84.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.0 min	—	11.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	19,013
Scheduled departures	111	—	1,423	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	111	100%	93.7%	-6.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	111	93.7%	-6.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	37.1%	243
Late-arriving aircraft	44.2%	38.8%	264
National Aviation System	15.1%	17.6%	90
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.2%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

597 delay minutes on 7 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BRO on time in December 2023?

96.4% of 111 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 93.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BRO · methodology · corrections.