Brownsville South Padre Island International in December 2024

74.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 133 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.2% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 111 departures with 96.4% leaving on time: a change of −22.0 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 75.2% of the time (133 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 69.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
Cancelled 3.8%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	74.4%	96.4%	84.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	69.2%	93.7%	84.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	3.8%	0.0%	2.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	5.0 min	11.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	4	19,686
Scheduled departures	133	111	1,423	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	84	63%	63.1%	18.9 min	4.8%
MQ Envoy Air	49	37%	79.6%	9.0 min	2.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	133	69.2%	15.1 min	3.8%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.0%	34.3%	1,326
Late-arriving aircraft	23.1%	40.2%	625
National Aviation System	16.1%	17.8%	437
Extreme weather	11.8%	7.5%	320
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,708 delay minutes on 35 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 2024?

74.4% of 133 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 96.4% of 111 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 3.8% in December 2024.

Provenance

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