Valley International in March 2025

72.0%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 410 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 13.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 7.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 353 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of −10.2 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 70.7% of the time (410 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 73.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 13.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	72.0%	82.2%	80.8%	79.9%
Arrived on time	73.4%	81.9%	82.1%	79.3%
Cancelled	13.9%	1.4%	1.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	12.4 min	13.0 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	12	11	20,029
Scheduled departures	410	353	3,925	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	192	47%	79.7%	-1.4 min	12.0%
MQ Envoy Air	124	30%	67.7%	19.1 min	15.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	69	17%	60.9%	4.1 min	18.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	25	6%	88.0%	-6.9 min	8.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	151	66.9%	16.9 min	15.9%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	108	78.7%	1.6 min	11.1%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	84	73.8%	-3.2 min	13.1%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	80.6%	-6.6 min	16.1%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	28	85.7%	-6.7 min	10.7%
HRL–DEN	Harlingen/San Benito to Denver	4	75.0%	-27.7 min	25.0%
HRL–ORD	Harlingen/San Benito to Chicago	4	25.0%	68.7 min	25.0%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.2%	33.0%	1,877
Late-arriving aircraft	35.5%	39.2%	1,618
National Aviation System	16.9%	21.9%	771
Extreme weather	6.3%	5.9%	289
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,555 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 March 2025?

72.0% of 410 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 82.2% of 353 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 72.0% and 13.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

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