Brownsville South Padre Island International in March 2026

91.8%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 122 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 91.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 19.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 151 departures with 71.5% leaving on time: a change of +20.3 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 88.5% of the time (122 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, extreme weather 26% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 89.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	91.8%	71.5%	84.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	89.3%	70.9%	84.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.8%	6.6%	2.5%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	20.1 min	11.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	4	20,403
Scheduled departures	122	151	1,423	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	122	100%	89.3%	-2.3 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	89.3%	-2.3 min	0.8%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	6.7%	33.5%	54
Late-arriving aircraft	51.5%	39.3%	414
National Aviation System	15.5%	21.0%	125
Extreme weather	26.2%	5.9%	211
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

804 delay minutes on 11 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 March 2026?

91.8% of 122 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 71.5% of 151 departures left on time and 6.6% were cancelled, against 91.8% and 0.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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