Brownsville South Padre Island International in January 2026

81.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 118 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 137 departures with 74.5% leaving on time: a change of +6.9 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 80.5% of the time (118 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, extreme weather 35% and air carrier 7%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 5.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BRO in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	81.4%	74.5%	84.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	83.1%	72.3%	84.0%	75.3%
Cancelled	5.9%	8.0%	2.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	27.6 min	11.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	4	18,133
Scheduled departures	118	137	1,423	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	114	97%	84.2%	-0.1 min	6.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	4	3%	50.0%	41.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	118	83.1%	1.4 min	5.9%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	6.6%	37.3%	79
Late-arriving aircraft	56.7%	35.0%	681
National Aviation System	1.5%	18.0%	18
Extreme weather	34.7%	9.6%	417
Security	0.6%	0.1%	7

1,202 delay minutes on 13 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 January 2026?

81.4% of 118 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.5% of 137 departures left on time and 8.0% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 5.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.