Valley International in October 2025

84.4%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 352 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 401 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 78.1% of the time (352 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 21%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	84.4%	89.5%	80.8%	80.0%
Arrived on time	85.8%	87.0%	82.1%	79.1%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	6.4 min	13.0 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	11	20,195
Scheduled departures	352	401	3,925	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	203	58%	85.7%	-1.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	62	18%	83.9%	6.7 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	61	17%	86.9%	-0.2 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	26	7%	88.5%	-8.1 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	123	85.4%	3.3 min	3.3%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	119	85.7%	-0.7 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	53	84.9%	-3.3 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	87.1%	1.9 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	26	88.5%	-8.1 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.3%	34.0%	484
Late-arriving aircraft	53.9%	39.7%	1,225
National Aviation System	24.8%	22.9%	563
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.3%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,272 delay minutes on 43 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 October 2025?

84.4% of 352 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 89.5% of 401 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 1.1% in October 2025.

Provenance

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