Rafael Hernandez in February 2026

79.1%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 153 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 5.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 170 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 64.5% of the time (155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 5.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.1%	82.4%	75.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	75.8%	83.5%	75.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	5.2%	1.8%	2.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.5 min	17.2 min	19.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	6	6	17,168
Scheduled departures	153	170	2,218	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	101	66%	73.3%	20.7 min	5.9%
UA United Airlines	28	18%	75.0%	-4.8 min	7.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	16%	87.5%	-4.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	52	88.5%	7.9 min	1.9%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	45	71.1%	5.7 min	8.9%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	28	75.0%	-4.8 min	7.1%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	28	60.7%	45.0 min	3.6%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	38.2%	957
Late-arriving aircraft	44.3%	37.2%	1,343
National Aviation System	24.0%	18.5%	726
Extreme weather	0.1%	6.0%	4
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,030 delay minutes on 29 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 February 2026?

79.1% of 153 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 82.4% of 170 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 5.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

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