Brownsville South Padre Island International in May 2024

69.8%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 189 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 69.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.8% reached their destination on time; 6.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 60.7% of the time (191 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, extreme weather 28% and late-arriving aircraft 15%.

On time 69.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 6.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	69.8%	—	84.8%	73.4%
Arrived on time	69.8%	—	84.0%	72.3%
Cancelled	6.3%	—	2.5%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.8 min	—	11.4 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	4	20,325
Scheduled departures	189	—	1,423	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	113	60%	70.8%	21.6 min	5.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	76	40%	68.4%	28.3 min	7.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	69.9%	27.0 min	6.5%
BRO–IAH	Brownsville to Houston	36	69.4%	12.8 min	5.6%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.2%	29.8%	2,192
Late-arriving aircraft	15.2%	43.0%	787
National Aviation System	14.2%	20.1%	735
Extreme weather	28.4%	7.0%	1,475
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,189 delay minutes on 45 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 May 2024?

69.8% of 189 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.