Valley International in April 2026

81.9%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 321 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so HRL departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 400 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 20%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 79.4% of the time (321 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 37% and air carrier 13%.

On time 83.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	81.9%	80.8%	80.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	83.2%	79.8%	82.1%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.3%	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	13.1 min	13.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	13	11	19,931
Scheduled departures	321	400	3,925	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	171	53%	80.7%	6.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	120	37%	85.8%	2.0 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	9%	86.7%	-0.7 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	120	85.8%	2.0 min	0.8%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	86	77.9%	6.8 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	55	81.8%	4.3 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	30	86.7%	8.7 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	30	86.7%	-0.7 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	12.5%	33.5%	420
Late-arriving aircraft	46.8%	40.4%	1,572
National Aviation System	36.7%	21.0%	1,230
Extreme weather	4.0%	5.0%	134
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,356 delay minutes on 53 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 April 2026?

81.9% of 321 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 80.8% of 400 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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