Valley International in August 2024

89.1%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 348 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 13.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 308 departures with 91.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 86.2% of the time (348 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 22%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	91.2%	80.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	86.8%	91.6%	82.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.2 min	4.6 min	13.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	11	20,634
Scheduled departures	348	308	3,925	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	200	57%	86.0%	-0.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	148	43%	87.8%	-3.2 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	148	87.8%	-3.2 min	0.0%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	114	85.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	53	86.8%	-1.6 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	33	87.9%	1.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.8%	33.8%	445
Late-arriving aircraft	47.4%	39.8%	967
National Aviation System	30.5%	20.4%	622
Extreme weather	0.2%	5.9%	5
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,039 delay minutes on 45 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 August 2024?

89.1% of 348 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 91.2% of 308 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.1% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

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