Valley International in January 2026

85.7%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 322 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 10.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 386 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.1 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 83.2% of the time (322 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, extreme weather 22% and air carrier 20%.

On time 87.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.6%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HRL in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	85.7%	81.6%	80.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	87.3%	83.7%	82.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.1%	6.5%	1.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	9.9 min	13.0 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	13	11	18,133
Scheduled departures	322	386	3,925	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	181	56%	86.7%	-5.7 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	118	37%	88.1%	1.6 min	4.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	19	6%	94.7%	-12.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	1%	50.0%	34.7 min	25.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HRL–DFW	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	86.9%	2.5 min	4.9%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	92	89.1%	-5.9 min	1.1%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	57	87.7%	-6.2 min	1.8%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	32	78.1%	-4.4 min	6.3%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	19	94.7%	-12.8 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.6%	37.3%	419
Late-arriving aircraft	50.3%	35.0%	1,077
National Aviation System	7.9%	18.0%	169
Extreme weather	22.3%	9.6%	478
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,143 delay minutes on 31 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 January 2026?

85.7% of 322 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 81.6% of 386 departures left on time and 6.5% were cancelled, against 85.7% and 3.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.