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HRL vs AUS - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
HRL

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

Harlingen/San Benito, Texas

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Airport B
AUS

Austin, TX

Austin, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric HRL AUS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 83.8% 79.3%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 67.0 min 70.1 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 16.2% 20.7%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.19% 1.03%
Total Flights 44,120 909,441
Delayed Flights 7,145 188,677
Cancelled Flights 523 9,363
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

HRL - Harlingen/San Benito, TX

Late Aircraft 45.9%
Carrier 27.1%
NAS 19.3%
Weather 7.6%
Security 0.1%

AUS - Austin, TX

Late Aircraft 45.0%
Carrier 33.8%
NAS 16.3%
Weather 4.6%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from HRL

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → HRL
Harlingen/San Benito
7,762 84.2%
HRL → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
7,761 84.8%
HOU → HRL
Harlingen/San Benito
7,441 80%
HRL → HOU
Houston
7,440 85.7%
AUS → HRL
Harlingen/San Benito
2,680 82.6%
HRL → AUS
Austin
2,680 82.4%

Top routes from AUS

Route Flights On-Time
AUS → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
25,695 78.3%
DFW → AUS
Austin
25,691 74.2%
AUS → DEN
Denver
25,137 81.7%
DEN → AUS
Austin
25,122 78%
AUS → LAX
Los Angeles
23,025 81.6%
LAX → AUS
Austin
22,988 82%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.