Valley International in August 2025

80.1%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 321 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 348 departures with 89.1% leaving on time: a change of −9.0 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 76.9% of the time (321 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 22%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	80.1%	89.1%	80.8%	76.8%
Arrived on time	79.8%	86.8%	82.1%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.0%	1.3%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	6.2 min	13.0 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	12	11	20,079
Scheduled departures	321	348	3,925	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	197	61%	82.2%	5.2 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	98	31%	76.5%	6.6 min	2.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	8%	73.1%	14.4 min	3.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	75.8%	8.2 min	2.4%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	113	79.6%	9.8 min	0.9%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	52	90.4%	-2.6 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	32	78.1%	2.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.3%	33.1%	914
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	40.5%	1,894
National Aviation System	23.8%	19.2%	979
Extreme weather	7.8%	7.0%	319
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,106 delay minutes on 60 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 August 2025?

80.1% of 321 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 89.1% of 348 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 1.2% in August 2025.

Provenance

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