Brownsville South Padre Island International in May 2025

74.7%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 146 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 6.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 189 departures with 69.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.9 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 71.9% of the time (146 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 32%, national aviation system 28% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 71.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 6.2%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from BRO in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	74.7%	69.8%	84.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	71.9%	69.8%	84.0%	75.4%
Cancelled	6.2%	6.3%	2.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	27.8 min	11.4 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	6	4	20,188
Scheduled departures	146	189	1,423	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	76	52%	59.2%	14.2 min	9.2%
MQ Envoy Air	70	48%	85.7%	-1.4 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	146	71.9%	6.4 min	6.2%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	13.6%	29.3%	280
Late-arriving aircraft	27.0%	37.8%	557
National Aviation System	27.7%	25.9%	570
Extreme weather	31.7%	6.9%	654
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,061 delay minutes on 31 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 2025?

74.7% of 146 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 69.8% of 189 departures left on time and 6.3% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 6.2% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.