Rafael Hernandez in July 2025

75.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 228 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 197 departures with 70.6% leaving on time: a change of +5.3 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 65.4% of the time (228 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 85%, air carrier 8% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 3.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	75.9%	70.6%	75.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	75.0%	78.2%	75.7%	69.0%
Cancelled	3.9%	1.0%	2.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	25.4 min	19.0 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	6	21,048
Scheduled departures	228	197	2,218	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	155	68%	80.0%	-2.7 min	3.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	42	18%	69.0%	25.9 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	31	14%	58.1%	0.0 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	101	74.3%	12.3 min	2.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	62	88.7%	-12.3 min	6.5%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	58.1%	0.0 min	6.5%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	31	64.5%	7.3 min	3.2%
BQN–MIA	Aguadilla to Miami	3	100.0%	-19.0 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	8.1%	31.1%	230
Late-arriving aircraft	84.6%	40.8%	2,399
National Aviation System	6.3%	20.7%	180
Extreme weather	1.0%	7.3%	27
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,836 delay minutes on 40 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 July 2025?

75.9% of 228 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 70.6% of 197 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 75.9% and 3.9% in July 2025.

Provenance

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