Rafael Hernandez in August 2023

57.7%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 310 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 57.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.9% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 19.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 51.0% of the time (310 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 81%, air carrier 11% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 62.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.2%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from BQN in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	57.7%	—	75.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	62.9%	—	75.7%	76.9%
Cancelled	3.5%	—	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	34.9 min	—	19.0 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	6	20,100
Scheduled departures	310	—	2,218	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	184	59%	64.1%	24.1 min	4.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	20%	59.7%	14.1 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	33	11%	42.4%	79.0 min	3.0%
UA United Airlines	31	10%	83.9%	-8.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	116	58.6%	31.6 min	4.3%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	62	64.5%	25.7 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	62	64.5%	20.5 min	3.2%
BQN–TPA	Aguadilla to Tampa	39	53.8%	36.4 min	10.3%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	83.9%	-8.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	11.3%	36.7%	1,051
Late-arriving aircraft	81.0%	42.2%	7,521
National Aviation System	6.8%	15.7%	632
Extreme weather	0.9%	5.1%	84
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,288 delay minutes on 103 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 BQN on time in August 2023?

57.7% of 310 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BQN · methodology · corrections.