Valley International in October 2024

89.5%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 401 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 89.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 318 departures with 89.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 90.3% of the time (401 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 12%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.5%	89.0%	80.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.0%	88.7%	82.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.9%	1.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	5.3 min	13.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	11	20,517
Scheduled departures	401	318	3,925	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	203	51%	82.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	148	37%	92.6%	-7.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	25	6%	84.0%	-8.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	25	6%	92.0%	3.3 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	92.6%	-7.3 min	0.0%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	119	79.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	78	88.5%	-2.3 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	90.3%	-0.8 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	25	84.0%	-8.1 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	12.2%	42.7%	297
Late-arriving aircraft	53.9%	37.4%	1,315
National Aviation System	24.0%	16.3%	585
Extreme weather	10.0%	3.4%	244
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,441 delay minutes on 52 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 October 2024?

89.5% of 401 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 89.0% of 318 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 89.5% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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