Valley International in February 2025

87.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 345 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 322 departures with 91.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.1 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 86.4% of the time (345 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 87.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	87.8%	91.9%	80.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	87.5%	91.3%	82.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.8 min	3.8 min	13.0 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	11	11	16,830
Scheduled departures	345	322	3,925	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	175	51%	90.3%	-5.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	112	32%	86.6%	-5.2 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	12%	75.0%	5.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	18	5%	94.4%	-11.1 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	124	86.3%	-4.9 min	0.8%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	95	85.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	80	88.8%	-2.8 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	28	92.9%	-4.6 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	18	94.4%	-11.1 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	33.9%	624
Late-arriving aircraft	43.2%	36.9%	821
National Aviation System	14.4%	22.5%	273
Extreme weather	9.5%	6.6%	181
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,899 delay minutes on 41 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 February 2025?

87.8% of 345 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 91.9% of 322 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

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