Rafael Hernandez in September 2024

77.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 146 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 7.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 212 departures with 68.9% leaving on time: a change of +8.5 points, with flights down 31%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 78.2% of the time (147 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	77.4%	68.9%	75.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	80.8%	70.3%	75.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	1.4%	2.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.7 min	33.5 min	19.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	7	6	19,421
Scheduled departures	146	212	2,218	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	92	63%	84.8%	18.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	21%	73.3%	27.7 min	3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	16%	75.0%	-1.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	54	79.6%	12.0 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	32	84.4%	-2.3 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	73.3%	27.7 min	3.3%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	30	86.7%	36.3 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	38.6%	1,656
Late-arriving aircraft	51.0%	38.4%	2,053
National Aviation System	7.9%	18.2%	317
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.8%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,026 delay minutes on 26 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 September 2024?

77.4% of 146 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 68.9% of 212 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 0.7% in September 2024.

Provenance

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