Rafael Hernandez in April 2025

76.4%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 174 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 234 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights down 26%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 73.4% of the time (173 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 64%, air carrier 20% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	76.4%	83.3%	75.3%	80.6%
Arrived on time	81.0%	84.2%	75.7%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	2.3%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	13.8 min	19.0 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	6	19,465
Scheduled departures	174	234	2,218	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	105	60%	85.7%	-4.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	39	22%	79.5%	7.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	17%	66.7%	1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	70	85.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	44	75.0%	5.7 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	66.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	30	93.3%	-7.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	20.2%	32.7%	359
Late-arriving aircraft	63.7%	39.4%	1,130
National Aviation System	10.5%	22.2%	187
Extreme weather	5.5%	5.5%	97
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,773 delay minutes on 33 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 April 2025?

76.4% of 174 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 83.3% of 234 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 0.0% in April 2025.

Provenance

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