Valley International in April 2024

83.2%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 381 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 81.7% of the time (382 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, extreme weather 28% and air carrier 19%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	83.2%	—	80.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.7%	—	82.1%	80.2%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	—	13.0 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	11	19,406
Scheduled departures	381	—	3,925	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	171	45%	84.8%	3.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	120	31%	77.5%	8.3 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	16%	83.3%	6.3 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	8%	90.0%	-13.5 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	147	78.2%	8.9 min	3.4%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	111	87.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	52	78.8%	10.9 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	30	90.0%	-13.5 min	0.0%
HRL–IAH	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	29	89.7%	-0.9 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	8	87.5%	18.8 min	0.0%
HRL–ORD	Harlingen/San Benito to Chicago	4	50.0%	24.5 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.0%	33.6%	839
Late-arriving aircraft	35.1%	41.0%	1,550
National Aviation System	18.1%	20.0%	800
Extreme weather	27.7%	5.1%	1,222
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,411 delay minutes on 61 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 April 2024?

83.2% of 381 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.