Rafael Hernandez in December 2023

76.3%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 245 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 67.5% of the time (246 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 75.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	76.3%	—	75.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	75.9%	—	75.7%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	—	19.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	19,013
Scheduled departures	245	—	2,218	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	151	62%	75.5%	8.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	57	23%	68.4%	9.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	13%	93.5%	-17.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	6	2%	66.7%	8.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	98	75.5%	5.8 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	41	65.9%	15.0 min	0.0%
BQN–TPA	Aguadilla to Tampa	40	82.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	35	65.7%	18.3 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	93.5%	-17.3 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	31.0%	37.1%	932
Late-arriving aircraft	56.6%	38.8%	1,705
National Aviation System	11.5%	17.6%	347
Extreme weather	0.9%	6.2%	26
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,010 delay minutes on 59 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 December 2023?

76.3% of 245 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.