Valley International in September 2024

86.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 341 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 360 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 84.5% of the time (341 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.8%	86.9%	80.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.5%	85.6%	82.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	2.5%	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	7.4 min	13.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	12	11	19,421
Scheduled departures	341	360	3,925	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	192	56%	89.1%	-1.4 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	149	44%	83.2%	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	149	83.2%	3.2 min	0.0%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	111	89.2%	-1.9 min	0.9%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	51	90.2%	-2.8 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	30	86.7%	2.8 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	38.6%	733
Late-arriving aircraft	53.2%	38.4%	1,327
National Aviation System	13.6%	18.2%	339
Extreme weather	3.8%	4.8%	96
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,495 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 September 2024?

86.8% of 341 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.9% of 360 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 0.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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