Rafael Hernandez in February 2024

80.5%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 200 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 77.7% of the time (202 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from BQN in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	80.5%	—	75.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	80.0%	—	75.7%	83.4%
Cancelled	2.5%	—	2.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	—	19.0 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	17,307
Scheduled departures	200	—	2,218	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	131	66%	77.9%	14.2 min	3.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	40	20%	75.0%	2.2 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	29	14%	96.6%	-15.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	64	81.3%	3.3 min	1.6%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	44	63.6%	13.9 min	6.8%
BQN–TPA	Aguadilla to Tampa	34	82.4%	7.4 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	29	96.6%	-15.8 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	29	82.8%	30.8 min	3.4%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.7%	35.9%	788
Late-arriving aircraft	63.0%	36.9%	1,935
National Aviation System	11.1%	21.7%	341
Extreme weather	0.2%	5.3%	5
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,069 delay minutes on 34 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 February 2024?

80.5% of 200 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.