Valley International in December 2025

82.0%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 361 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 10.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 403 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 79.8% of the time (361 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	82.0%	82.4%	80.8%	72.0%
Arrived on time	86.4%	81.9%	82.1%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.0%	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	14.5 min	13.0 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	11	19,410
Scheduled departures	361	403	3,925	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	197	55%	88.3%	-2.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	142	39%	84.5%	2.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	22	6%	81.8%	2.2 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	142	84.5%	2.4 min	0.0%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	106	85.8%	-0.5 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	58	91.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	33	90.9%	-0.6 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	22	81.8%	2.2 min	4.5%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.0%	33.3%	800
Late-arriving aircraft	57.2%	41.1%	1,633
National Aviation System	9.8%	19.1%	280
Extreme weather	5.0%	6.4%	144
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,857 delay minutes on 48 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 December 2025?

82.0% of 361 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 82.4% of 403 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

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