Laredo International in May 2026

79.6%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 162 domestic departures from Laredo International (LRD). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LRD departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 156 departures with 73.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.9 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at LRD that month were on time 77.8% of the time (162 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 39% and air carrier 13%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LRD 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	LRD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	79.6%	73.7%	82.4%	77.1%
Arrived on time	80.9%	72.4%	81.4%	77.6%
Cancelled	4.3%	6.4%	3.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	13.6 min	14.3 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	5	20,391
Scheduled departures	162	156	1,652	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	135	83%	82.2%	5.6 min	4.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	17	10%	82.4%	-0.5 min	5.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	6%	60.0%	30.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LRD–DFW	Laredo to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	82.2%	5.0 min	4.6%
LRD–LAS	Laredo to Las Vegas	10	60.0%	30.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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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	13.1%	33.0%	362
Late-arriving aircraft	42.8%	40.4%	1,185
National Aviation System	39.0%	20.5%	1,081
Extreme weather	5.2%	6.0%	143
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,771 delay minutes on 24 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 May 2026?

79.6% of 162 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% 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, 73.7% of 156 departures left on time and 6.4% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 4.3% 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 LRD · methodology · corrections.