Rafael Hernandez in December 2024

70.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 226 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 70.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 245 departures with 76.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 65.2% of the time (227 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 69%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 73.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	70.4%	76.3%	75.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	73.0%	75.9%	75.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	2.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.3 min	14.8 min	19.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	6	19,686
Scheduled departures	226	245	2,218	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	149	66%	67.8%	14.8 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	46	20%	82.6%	2.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	14%	83.9%	18.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	108	74.1%	15.0 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	62	67.7%	7.3 min	1.6%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	83.9%	18.3 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	25	68.0%	9.8 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.9%	34.3%	1,251
Late-arriving aircraft	68.5%	40.2%	3,445
National Aviation System	6.5%	17.8%	326
Extreme weather	0.2%	7.5%	8
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,030 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 2024?

70.4% of 226 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 76.3% of 245 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 70.4% and 0.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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