Brownsville South Padre Island International in August 2024

89.3%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 196 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 13.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 125 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights up 57%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 84.6% of the time (195 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 88.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	88.0%	84.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	88.8%	86.4%	84.0%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.5 min	10.3 min	11.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	4	4	20,634
Scheduled departures	196	125	1,423	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	138	70%	88.4%	-4.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	30%	89.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	89.2%	-5.0 min	0.0%
BRO–IAH	Brownsville to Houston	48	87.5%	-5.0 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.0%	33.8%	394
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	39.8%	466
National Aviation System	17.0%	20.4%	176
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,036 delay minutes on 22 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 August 2024?

89.3% of 196 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 88.0% of 125 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.