Rafael Hernandez in August 2025

75.2%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 218 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 75.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 1.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 191 departures with 63.4% leaving on time: a change of +11.8 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 68.3% of the time (218 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	75.2%	63.4%	75.3%	76.8%
Arrived on time	74.8%	67.5%	75.7%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	3.7%	2.3%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.0 min	29.0 min	19.0 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	6	20,079
Scheduled departures	218	191	2,218	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	149	68%	77.2%	5.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	38	17%	65.8%	11.0 min	2.6%
UA United Airlines	31	14%	74.2%	14.7 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	93	72.0%	9.1 min	1.1%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	62	74.2%	9.6 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	74.2%	14.7 min	3.2%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	31	83.9%	-5.2 min	0.0%
BQN–MIA	Aguadilla to Miami	1	100.0%	-16.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.1%	33.1%	1,050
Late-arriving aircraft	61.6%	40.5%	2,298
National Aviation System	9.5%	19.2%	353
Extreme weather	0.8%	7.0%	31
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,732 delay minutes on 52 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 August 2025?

75.2% of 218 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 63.4% of 191 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 75.2% and 0.9% in August 2025.

Provenance

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