Harlingen/San Benito, TX

What the Data Says About HRL

Harlingen/San Benito, TX in Harlingen/San Benito, Texas handled 44,120 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 83.8% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 7,145 experienced delays, 523 were cancelled, and 48 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.19%, the diversion rate to 0.11%, and the average delay when departures run late is 67.0 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing HRL against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at HRL, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 45.9% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 27.1% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 19.3%. Weather contributes 7.6% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, February runs the cleanest at HRL with a 94.5% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 90% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 679. The busiest route from HRL is to HRL (Harlingen/San Benito), with 7,762 flights at a 84.2% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 83.8% on-time, 67.0-minute average delay, 1.19% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Harlingen/San Benito, TX.