Rafael Hernandez in October 2023

70.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 213 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 70.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 13.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 73.0% of the time (215 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 76.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	70.0%	—	75.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	76.1%	—	75.7%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	—	19.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	19,966
Scheduled departures	213	—	2,218	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	96	45%	74.0%	11.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	46	22%	67.4%	3.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	40	19%	82.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	15%	87.1%	20.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	90	76.7%	4.5 min	0.0%
BQN–TPA	Aguadilla to Tampa	41	61.0%	19.6 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	87.1%	20.6 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	31	87.1%	-5.5 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	20	70.0%	11.2 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.8%	41.3%	1,372
Late-arriving aircraft	52.7%	40.5%	2,077
National Aviation System	9.1%	14.4%	360
Extreme weather	3.2%	3.7%	127
Security	0.1%	0.2%	2

3,938 delay minutes on 51 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 October 2023?

70.0% of 213 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.