Valley International in November 2024

90.8%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 400 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 90.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.3% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 340 departures with 90.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 90.3% of the time (400 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 31%.

On time 90.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	90.8%	90.0%	80.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	90.3%	89.1%	82.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.0%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.1 min	6.8 min	13.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	11	19,180
Scheduled departures	400	340	3,925	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	199	50%	89.9%	-1.5 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	118	30%	91.5%	-6.3 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	53	13%	84.9%	-1.3 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	8%	96.7%	-13.8 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	141	88.7%	-3.8 min	2.1%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	114	88.6%	1.6 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	84	91.7%	-7.8 min	1.2%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	93.5%	-3.9 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	30	96.7%	-13.8 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	36.9%	778
Late-arriving aircraft	33.2%	35.6%	729
National Aviation System	31.3%	21.9%	688
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,195 delay minutes on 34 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 November 2024?

90.8% of 400 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.0% of 340 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 90.8% and 1.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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