Valley International in February 2026

88.5%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 295 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 10.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 345 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 85.4% of the time (295 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 89.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	88.5%	87.8%	80.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	89.5%	87.5%	82.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	1.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	6.8 min	13.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	12	11	17,168
Scheduled departures	295	345	3,925	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	167	57%	87.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	95	32%	93.7%	-4.5 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	17	6%	88.2%	14.4 min	5.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	16	5%	87.5%	-10.2 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	112	92.9%	-1.8 min	1.8%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	87	87.4%	-2.2 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	52	88.5%	-6.0 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	28	85.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	16	87.5%	-10.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.3%	38.2%	845
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	37.2%	640
National Aviation System	12.6%	18.5%	216
Extreme weather	0.8%	6.0%	13
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,714 delay minutes on 29 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 February 2026?

88.5% of 295 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 87.8% of 345 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 88.5% and 0.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

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