Laredo International in December 2024

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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 160 domestic departures from Laredo International (LRD). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LRD departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 130 departures with 90.0% leaving on time: a change of −8.1 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at LRD that month were on time 80.6% of the time (160 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 42% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from LRD in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LRD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	90.0%	82.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.8%	90.0%	81.4%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.5%	3.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	3.4 min	14.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	5	19,686
Scheduled departures	160	130	1,652	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	152	95%	78.3%	13.5 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	5%	87.5%	0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LRD–DFW	Laredo to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	78.3%	13.5 min	1.3%
LRD–LAS	Laredo to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	0.8 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	5.9%	34.3%	175
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	40.2%	1,333
National Aviation System	42.0%	17.8%	1,244
Extreme weather	7.2%	7.5%	213
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,965 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 LRD on time in December 2024?

81.9% of 160 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 90.0% of 130 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 1.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LRD · methodology · corrections.