Valley International in September 2023

86.9%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 360 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 80.6% of the time (360 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 85.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from HRL in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	86.9%	—	80.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.6%	—	82.1%	80.1%
Cancelled	2.5%	—	1.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	—	13.0 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	11	18,978
Scheduled departures	360	—	3,925	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	167	46%	85.0%	-1.5 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	113	31%	87.6%	-6.1 min	1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	80	22%	83.8%	0.2 min	3.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	138	88.4%	-6.9 min	2.2%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	111	86.5%	-3.3 min	1.8%
HRL–IAH	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	55	80.0%	5.1 min	3.6%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	52	84.6%	1.6 min	3.8%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	4	50.0%	9.3 min	0.0%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	24.1%	36.4%	558
Late-arriving aircraft	50.5%	38.3%	1,169
National Aviation System	20.0%	19.9%	463
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.1%	124
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,314 delay minutes on 42 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 HRL on time in September 2023?

86.9% of 360 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HRL · methodology · corrections.