Rafael Hernandez in March 2025

81.9%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 188 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 245 departures with 66.5% leaving on time: a change of +15.4 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 78.2% of the time (188 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 48%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 18%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	81.9%	66.5%	75.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	83.0%	68.6%	75.7%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.1%	1.6%	2.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	26.5 min	19.0 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	6	20,029
Scheduled departures	188	245	2,218	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	122	65%	82.8%	0.2 min	0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	35	19%	88.6%	-15.3 min	2.9%
UA United Airlines	31	16%	77.4%	1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	66	87.9%	-9.6 min	1.5%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	60	80.0%	2.6 min	1.7%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	77.4%	1.2 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	31	83.9%	-0.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	17.7%	33.0%	308
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	39.2%	595
National Aviation System	48.0%	21.9%	836
Extreme weather	0.1%	5.9%	2
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,741 delay minutes on 28 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 March 2025?

81.9% of 188 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 66.5% of 245 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 1.1% in March 2025.

Provenance

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