Valley International in March 2024

82.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 353 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 81.5% of the time (352 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 21% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	82.2%	—	80.8%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.9%	—	82.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	—	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	—	13.0 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	11	19,726
Scheduled departures	353	—	3,925	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	171	48%	85.4%	-0.2 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	129	37%	76.0%	7.2 min	3.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	9%	87.1%	0.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	22	6%	81.8%	-3.6 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	124	75.8%	8.1 min	3.2%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	109	87.2%	-2.5 min	0.9%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	52	84.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	31	87.1%	0.7 min	0.0%
HRL–IAH	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	14	92.9%	-14.1 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	10	70.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
HRL–ORD	Harlingen/San Benito to Chicago	9	66.7%	5.3 min	0.0%
HRL–DEN	Harlingen/San Benito to Denver	4	75.0%	0.3 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	12.4%	32.1%	467
Late-arriving aircraft	50.3%	42.1%	1,892
National Aviation System	21.2%	21.4%	797
Extreme weather	16.1%	4.2%	604
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,760 delay minutes on 58 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 March 2024?

82.2% of 353 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.