Valley International Airport (HRL) delays & on-time performance
Harlingen/San Benito, Texas · 7 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at HRL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.3%
51 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
70 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 12 min
Figures cover 3,925 departures from HRL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into HRL were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Valley International Airport (HRL) arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.3% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (88% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (81%).
- Departures scheduled around 9am did best (97% on time); around 5pm did worst (70%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
Most delayed routes from HRL
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- HOU · Houston80%1,181 flts
- AUS · Austin82%708 flts
- DAL · Dallas84%378 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth86%1,483 flts
Most reliable routes from HRL
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth86%1,483 flts
- DAL · Dallas84%378 flts
- AUS · Austin82%708 flts
- HOU · Houston80%1,181 flts
Best airline at HRL
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 88% | 1.2% | 7 min | 1 | 171 |
| Envoy Air | 87% | 2.3% | 13 min | 1 | 1,250 |
| PSA Airlines | 83% | 5.6% | 22 min | 1 | 233 |
| Southwest Airlines | 81% | 0.3% | 11 min | 3 | 2,267 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 75% | 0.0% | 18 min | 2 | 4 |
Best time to fly out of HRL
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%309 flts
- 6am94%555 flts
- 7am94%230 flts
- 9am97%100 flts
- 10am87%528 flts
- 11am92%195 flts
- 12pm75%248 flts
- 1pm69%68 flts
- 2pm79%283 flts
- 3pm80%253 flts
- 4pm74%220 flts
- 5pm70%257 flts
- 6pm72%414 flts
- 7pm68%58 flts
- 8pm83%206 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.