Rafael Hernandez in November 2024

73.4%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 169 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 11.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 248 departures with 73.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 32%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 69.2% of the time (169 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 72.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	73.4%	73.0%	75.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	72.8%	78.6%	75.7%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.0 min	14.0 min	19.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	6	19,180
Scheduled departures	169	248	2,218	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	112	66%	74.1%	7.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	18%	70.0%	1.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	16%	70.4%	12.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	66	71.2%	8.8 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	53	75.5%	9.2 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	70.0%	1.7 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	20	75.0%	2.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.9%	36.9%	661
Late-arriving aircraft	65.2%	35.6%	1,731
National Aviation System	8.4%	21.9%	224
Extreme weather	1.4%	5.4%	37
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,653 delay minutes on 45 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 2024?

73.4% of 169 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 73.0% of 248 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 0.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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