Brownsville South Padre Island International in September 2024

90.3%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 155 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 90.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 133 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of +8.3 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 86.5% of the time (155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 89.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	90.3%	82.0%	84.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.7%	79.7%	84.0%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	3.8%	2.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.3 min	18.1 min	11.4 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	4	19,421
Scheduled departures	155	133	1,423	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	102	66%	93.1%	-6.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	53	34%	83.0%	4.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	129	90.7%	-3.8 min	0.0%
BRO–IAH	Brownsville to Houston	26	84.6%	2.9 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	38.6%	284
Late-arriving aircraft	36.6%	38.4%	343
National Aviation System	16.3%	18.2%	153
Extreme weather	16.7%	4.8%	156
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

936 delay minutes on 16 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 September 2024?

90.3% of 155 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 82.0% of 133 departures left on time and 3.8% were cancelled, against 90.3% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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