Valley International in April 2025

80.8%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 400 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so HRL departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 381 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 78.8% of the time (400 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 23%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	80.8%	83.2%	80.8%	80.6%
Arrived on time	79.8%	82.7%	82.1%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.3%	1.3%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	11.8 min	13.0 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	13	11	19,465
Scheduled departures	400	381	3,925	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	190	48%	82.6%	2.9 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	120	30%	80.0%	10.4 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	64	16%	75.0%	6.0 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	26	7%	69.2%	-2.3 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	146	80.8%	7.3 min	2.1%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	108	77.8%	10.4 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	82	79.3%	4.8 min	1.2%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	30	86.7%	-9.0 min	3.3%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	30	73.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
HRL–ORD	Harlingen/San Benito to Chicago	4	100.0%	-15.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.1%	32.7%	1,218
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	39.4%	1,982
National Aviation System	30.6%	22.2%	1,612
Extreme weather	8.8%	5.5%	463
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,275 delay minutes on 76 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 April 2025?

80.8% of 400 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 83.2% of 381 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 1.3% in April 2025.

Provenance

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