Valley International in September 2025

86.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 314 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 341 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 85.4% of the time (314 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 12%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	86.0%	86.8%	80.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.9%	86.5%	82.1%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	8.2 min	13.0 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	11	11	18,748
Scheduled departures	314	341	3,925	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	194	62%	90.2%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	63	20%	82.5%	4.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	57	18%	80.7%	20.6 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	120	81.7%	12.3 min	0.8%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	112	89.3%	-5.1 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	52	90.4%	-6.4 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	30	93.3%	-5.2 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	12.1%	34.3%	356
Late-arriving aircraft	43.6%	37.4%	1,283
National Aviation System	32.7%	22.6%	961
Extreme weather	11.7%	5.6%	343
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,943 delay minutes on 40 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 September 2025?

86.0% of 314 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 86.8% of 341 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.3% in September 2025.

Provenance

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