Rafael Hernandez in August 2024

63.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 191 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 63.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.5% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 12.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 310 departures with 57.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights down 38%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 53.7% of the time (190 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, extreme weather 21% and air carrier 12%.

On time 67.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.3%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	63.4%	57.7%	75.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	67.5%	62.9%	75.7%	74.7%
Cancelled	3.7%	3.5%	2.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.0 min	34.9 min	19.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	10	6	20,634
Scheduled departures	191	310	2,218	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	124	65%	66.9%	15.6 min	2.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	36	19%	80.6%	25.7 min	2.8%
UA United Airlines	31	16%	54.8%	11.6 min	9.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	67	70.1%	25.0 min	1.5%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	62	67.7%	10.3 min	4.8%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	54.8%	11.6 min	9.7%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	31	74.2%	16.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	11.8%	33.8%	560
Late-arriving aircraft	61.1%	39.8%	2,889
National Aviation System	6.0%	20.4%	285
Extreme weather	21.0%	5.9%	994
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,728 delay minutes on 54 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 2024?

63.4% of 191 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 57.7% of 310 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 63.4% and 3.7% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.