Rafael Hernandez in May 2026

81.4%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 188 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 198 departures with 85.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 78.8% of the time (189 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.4%	85.9%	75.3%	77.1%
Arrived on time	83.0%	86.4%	75.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	2.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	8.4 min	19.0 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	20,391
Scheduled departures	188	198	2,218	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	115	61%	85.2%	0.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	42	22%	83.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	16%	74.2%	-7.3 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	94	83.0%	-0.6 min	0.0%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	32	93.8%	-8.1 min	0.0%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	74.2%	-7.3 min	3.2%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	31	80.6%	6.5 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	33.0%	656
Late-arriving aircraft	57.5%	40.4%	988
National Aviation System	4.3%	20.5%	74
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,718 delay minutes on 30 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 May 2026?

81.4% of 188 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 85.9% of 198 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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