Rafael Hernandez in April 2026

77.6%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 174 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 174 departures with 76.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 69.9% of the time (173 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 67%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	77.6%	76.4%	75.3%	79.1%
Arrived on time	77.0%	81.0%	75.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	2.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	13.0 min	19.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	6	19,931
Scheduled departures	174	174	2,218	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	104	60%	79.8%	9.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	40	23%	65.0%	26.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	17%	83.3%	-10.4 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	70	74.3%	17.6 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	44	84.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	30	83.3%	-10.4 min	3.3%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	30	66.7%	34.1 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.0%	33.5%	577
Late-arriving aircraft	67.0%	40.4%	2,041
National Aviation System	9.3%	21.0%	282
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.0%	144
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,044 delay minutes on 38 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 April 2026?

77.6% of 174 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 76.4% of 174 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 0.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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