Valley International in March 2026

81.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 328 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 8.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 410 departures with 72.0% leaving on time: a change of +9.7 points, with flights down 20%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 79.9% of the time (328 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 40% and air carrier 19%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	81.7%	72.0%	80.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	79.0%	73.4%	82.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.2%	13.9%	1.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.1 min	13.4 min	13.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	14	11	20,403
Scheduled departures	328	410	3,925	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	175	53%	68.6%	12.1 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	122	37%	91.0%	-6.4 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	9%	92.9%	-7.0 min	3.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	3	1%	66.7%	16.7 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	122	91.0%	-6.4 min	1.6%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	90	57.8%	23.9 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	54	81.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	77.4%	-3.1 min	3.2%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	28	92.9%	-7.0 min	3.6%
HRL–DEN	Harlingen/San Benito to Denver	3	66.7%	16.7 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	18.8%	33.5%	641
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	39.3%	1,414
National Aviation System	39.8%	21.0%	1,361
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,416 delay minutes on 63 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 March 2026?

81.7% of 328 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 72.0% of 410 departures left on time and 13.9% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 1.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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