Valley International in February 2024

91.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 322 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 91.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 7.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 90.4% of the time (323 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 15%.

On time 91.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.4%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HRL in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	91.9%	—	80.8%	84.0%
Arrived on time	91.3%	—	82.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	3.8 min	—	13.0 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	—	11	17,307
Scheduled departures	322	—	3,925	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	162	50%	95.1%	-6.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	116	36%	86.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	29	9%	86.2%	0.0 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	5%	100.0%	-19.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	114	86.0%	-2.2 min	0.0%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	104	94.2%	-5.7 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	50	98.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	29	86.2%	0.0 min	3.4%
HRL–IAH	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	15	100.0%	-19.0 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	8	87.5%	-1.4 min	0.0%
HRL–ORD	Harlingen/San Benito to Chicago	2	100.0%	-20.0 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.2%	35.9%	147
Late-arriving aircraft	60.1%	36.9%	581
National Aviation System	24.6%	21.7%	238
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.3%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

966 delay minutes on 27 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 February 2024?

91.9% of 322 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.