Brownsville South Padre Island International in May 2026

80.6%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 124 domestic departures from Brownsville South Padre Island International (BRO). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BRO departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 146 departures with 74.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.9 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at BRO that month were on time 77.4% of the time (124 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 42%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 1.6%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	BRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.6%	74.7%	84.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	83.1%	71.9%	84.0%	77.6%
Cancelled	4.0%	6.2%	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	14.2 min	11.4 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	4	20,391
Scheduled departures	124	146	1,423	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	124	100%	83.1%	-0.4 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BRO–DFW	Brownsville to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	83.1%	-0.4 min	4.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	3.3%	33.0%	39
Late-arriving aircraft	39.3%	40.4%	459
National Aviation System	15.2%	20.5%	178
Extreme weather	42.2%	6.0%	493
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,169 delay minutes on 14 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 2026?

80.6% of 124 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 74.7% of 146 departures left on time and 6.2% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 4.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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