Brownsville South Padre Island International in March 2024

83.6%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 189 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 80.0% of the time (190 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 64%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BRO in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	83.6%	—	84.8%	78.5%
Arrived on time	82.0%	—	84.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.6%	—	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	—	11.4 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	4	19,726
Scheduled departures	189	—	1,423	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	151	80%	81.5%	5.7 min	2.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	38	20%	84.2%	21.3 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	151	81.5%	5.7 min	2.6%
BRO–IAH	Brownsville to Houston	38	84.2%	21.3 min	2.6%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	64.3%	32.1%	1,956
Late-arriving aircraft	23.5%	42.1%	715
National Aviation System	8.9%	21.4%	272
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.2%	99
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,042 delay minutes on 29 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 March 2024?

83.6% of 189 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.