Rafael Hernandez in January 2026

66.1%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 174 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 66.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.4% reached their destination on time; 8.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 9.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 204 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of −13.3 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 65.5% of the time (174 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 69%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 68.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.4%
Cancelled 8.6%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from BQN in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	66.1%	79.4%	75.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	68.4%	82.4%	75.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	8.6%	1.0%	2.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	15.2 min	19.0 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	174	204	2,218	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	107	61%	62.6%	11.2 min	10.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	36	21%	72.2%	5.4 min	8.3%
UA United Airlines	31	18%	83.9%	-12.6 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	71	69.0%	3.9 min	11.3%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	36	55.6%	18.5 min	5.6%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	36	66.7%	11.8 min	11.1%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	83.9%	-12.6 min	3.2%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	17.0%	37.3%	427
Late-arriving aircraft	69.1%	35.0%	1,736
National Aviation System	12.8%	18.0%	322
Extreme weather	1.2%	9.6%	29
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,514 delay minutes on 39 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 January 2026?

66.1% of 174 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 79.4% of 204 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 66.1% and 8.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.