Rafael Hernandez in September 2025

80.5%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 123 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 146 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 75.2% of the time (121 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 66%, national aviation system 18% and air carrier 15%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	80.5%	77.4%	75.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.6%	80.8%	75.7%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.7%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	30.7 min	19.0 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	6	18,748
Scheduled departures	123	146	2,218	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	66	54%	86.4%	0.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	24%	76.7%	-2.8 min	3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	22%	88.9%	-9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	59	86.4%	-1.8 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	32	90.6%	-5.9 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	76.7%	-2.8 min	3.3%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	2	50.0%	43.0 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	14.7%	34.3%	171
Late-arriving aircraft	66.4%	37.4%	772
National Aviation System	17.7%	22.6%	206
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.6%	0
Security	1.2%	0.1%	14

1,163 delay minutes on 18 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 September 2025?

80.5% of 123 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 77.4% of 146 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 0.8% in September 2025.

Provenance

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