Valley International in December 2024

82.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 403 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 362 departures with 85.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 83.9% of the time (403 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 25%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	82.4%	85.9%	80.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	81.9%	85.9%	82.1%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.0%	1.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	10.4 min	13.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	12	11	19,686
Scheduled departures	403	362	3,925	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	211	52%	79.6%	9.5 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	123	31%	86.2%	6.0 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	43	11%	76.7%	6.2 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	26	6%	88.5%	-9.0 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	135	86.7%	5.5 min	2.2%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	120	82.5%	8.7 min	0.8%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	89	71.9%	11.8 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	33	81.8%	5.1 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	26	88.5%	-9.0 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.2%	34.3%	1,382
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	40.2%	2,122
National Aviation System	26.6%	17.8%	1,458
Extreme weather	9.5%	7.5%	523
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,485 delay minutes on 68 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 December 2024?

82.4% of 403 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.9% of 362 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 1.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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