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HRL vs HOU - 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
HOU

Houston, TX

Houston, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric HRL HOU
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 83.8% 79.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 67.0 min 58.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 16.2% 20.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.19% 1.25%
Total Flights 44,120 618,821
Delayed Flights 7,145 127,699
Cancelled Flights 523 7,742
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%

HOU - Houston, TX

Late Aircraft 44.4%
Carrier 34.9%
NAS 15.9%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.4%

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 HOU

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
HOU → ATL
Atlanta
18,651 85.3%
ATL → HOU
Houston
18,589 83.6%
DEN → HOU
Houston
14,920 77.4%
HOU → DEN
Denver
14,913 81.6%

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.