Valley International in May 2025

74.9%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 406 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 356 departures with 69.1% leaving on time: a change of +5.8 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 71.2% of the time (406 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 30%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	74.9%	69.1%	80.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	75.6%	64.6%	82.1%	75.4%
Cancelled	2.2%	3.4%	1.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	23.1 min	13.0 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	12	11	20,188
Scheduled departures	406	356	3,925	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	194	48%	79.4%	7.5 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	124	31%	81.5%	11.1 min	4.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	83	20%	56.6%	36.8 min	3.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	5	1%	100.0%	-19.4 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	154	74.0%	16.6 min	5.2%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	109	78.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	85	70.6%	25.7 min	1.2%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	83.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
HRL–IAH	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	21	76.2%	28.1 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	6	100.0%	-17.2 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.0%	29.3%	2,973
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	37.8%	2,957
National Aviation System	30.1%	25.9%	2,636
Extreme weather	2.0%	6.9%	177
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,743 delay minutes on 90 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 May 2025?

74.9% of 406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 69.1% of 356 departures left on time and 3.4% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 2.2% in May 2025.

Provenance

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