Rafael Hernandez in November 2023

73.0%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 248 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 73.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 13.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 69.0% of the time (248 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 16%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	73.0%	—	75.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	78.6%	—	75.7%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.3%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	—	19.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	18,793
Scheduled departures	248	—	2,218	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	120	48%	85.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	54	22%	61.1%	17.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	44	18%	70.5%	18.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	12%	96.7%	-13.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	95	70.5%	10.6 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	54	66.7%	8.5 min	0.0%
BQN–TPA	Aguadilla to Tampa	39	92.3%	-5.7 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	96.7%	-13.1 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	30	90.0%	-2.9 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	15.6%	42.5%	423
Late-arriving aircraft	57.0%	37.3%	1,546
National Aviation System	26.1%	16.2%	709
Extreme weather	0.8%	3.7%	21
Security	0.6%	0.3%	15

2,714 delay minutes on 52 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 November 2023?

73.0% of 248 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.