Valley International in May 2026

77.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 306 domestic departures from Valley International (HRL). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so HRL departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 406 departures with 74.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 25%.

Flights arriving at HRL that month were on time 69.0% of the time (306 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, national aviation system 21% and air carrier 18%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	HRL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	77.1%	74.9%	80.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	78.1%	75.6%	82.1%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.0%	2.2%	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	22.5 min	13.0 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	14	11	20,391
Scheduled departures	306	406	3,925	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	176	58%	73.9%	10.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	124	41%	83.1%	3.6 min	4.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	6	2%	100.0%	-13.8 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	124	83.1%	3.6 min	4.8%
HRL–HOU	Harlingen/San Benito to Houston	88	70.5%	4.8 min	0.0%
HRL–AUS	Harlingen/San Benito to Austin	57	78.9%	19.8 min	0.0%
HRL–DAL	Harlingen/San Benito to Dallas	31	74.2%	6.8 min	0.0%
HRL–MSP	Harlingen/San Benito to Minneapolis	6	100.0%	-13.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	18.3%	33.0%	766
Late-arriving aircraft	57.0%	40.4%	2,384
National Aviation System	20.6%	20.5%	862
Extreme weather	4.0%	6.0%	169
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,181 delay minutes on 60 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 May 2026?

77.1% of 306 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 74.9% of 406 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 2.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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