Rafael Hernandez in November 2025

79.7%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 197 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 169 departures with 73.4% leaving on time: a change of +6.3 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 68.7% of the time (198 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 78.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.7%	73.4%	75.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.7%	72.8%	75.7%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.0%	2.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.4 min	18.0 min	19.0 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	6	19,018
Scheduled departures	197	169	2,218	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	135	69%	76.3%	17.2 min	1.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	32	16%	93.8%	-11.6 min	3.1%
UA United Airlines	30	15%	73.3%	-3.1 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	99	78.8%	11.9 min	2.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	37	91.9%	-8.4 min	2.7%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	31	67.7%	34.6 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	73.3%	-3.1 min	3.3%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	30.2%	1,467
Late-arriving aircraft	54.9%	38.3%	2,057
National Aviation System	3.7%	26.7%	137
Extreme weather	2.2%	4.6%	84
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,745 delay minutes on 37 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 November 2025?

79.7% of 197 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 73.4% of 169 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 2.0% in November 2025.

Provenance

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