Valley International in January 2025

81.6%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 386 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 6.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 338 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 81.6% of the time (386 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.8%
Cancelled 6.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HRL in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	81.6%	80.8%	80.8%	79.3%
Arrived on time	83.7%	80.2%	82.1%	78.6%
Cancelled	6.5%	1.2%	1.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	14.2 min	13.0 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	11	17,992
Scheduled departures	386	338	3,925	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	190	49%	86.8%	-4.7 min	4.7%
MQ Envoy Air	124	32%	80.6%	-0.7 min	8.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	49	13%	75.5%	-2.5 min	10.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	23	6%	91.3%	-9.2 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	137	78.1%	0.0 min	10.2%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	100	86.0%	-4.5 min	5.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	89	86.5%	-5.0 min	4.5%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	32	93.8%	-11.5 min	3.1%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	23	91.3%	-9.2 min	0.0%
HRL–IAH	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	5	40.0%	40.5 min	20.0%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	36.2%	890
Late-arriving aircraft	40.8%	34.7%	1,211
National Aviation System	11.6%	19.9%	345
Extreme weather	17.6%	9.1%	523
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,969 delay minutes on 38 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 January 2025?

81.6% of 386 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.8% of 338 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 6.5% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.