Rafael Hernandez in February 2025

82.4%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 170 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 200 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 70.2% of the time (171 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 83.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BQN in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	82.4%	80.5%	75.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	83.5%	80.0%	75.7%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	2.5%	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	16.7 min	19.0 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	16,830
Scheduled departures	170	200	2,218	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	114	67%	84.2%	-6.2 min	1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	28	16%	82.1%	27.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	28	16%	82.1%	-10.7 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	64	89.1%	4.4 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	56	78.6%	-6.5 min	3.6%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	28	82.1%	-10.7 min	3.6%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	22	81.8%	7.4 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.3%	33.9%	1,137
Late-arriving aircraft	39.1%	36.9%	960
National Aviation System	14.4%	22.5%	354
Extreme weather	0.2%	6.6%	5
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,456 delay minutes on 25 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 2025?

82.4% of 170 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 80.5% of 200 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 1.8% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.