Rafael Hernandez in July 2026

66.8%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 226 domestic departures from Rafael Hernandez (BQN). 66.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.5% reached their destination on time; 4.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so BQN departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 228 departures with 75.9% leaving on time: a change of −9.1 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at BQN that month were on time 61.5% of the time (226 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 79%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 69.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.2%
Cancelled 4.4%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	BQN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	66.8%	75.9%	75.3%	68.8%
Arrived on time	69.5%	75.0%	75.7%	69.4%
Cancelled	4.4%	3.9%	2.3%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.7 min	19.2 min	19.0 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	6	21,066
Scheduled departures	226	228	2,218	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	147	65%	72.1%	6.1 min	4.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	48	21%	62.5%	13.5 min	4.2%
UA United Airlines	31	14%	67.7%	1.0 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BQN–MCO	Aguadilla to Orlando	110	73.6%	4.1 min	3.6%
BQN–FLL	Aguadilla to Fort Lauderdale	53	73.6%	7.1 min	3.8%
BQN–JFK	Aguadilla to New York	32	50.0%	23.1 min	9.4%
BQN–EWR	Aguadilla to Newark	31	67.7%	1.0 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	16.8%	31.7%	622
Late-arriving aircraft	78.5%	41.8%	2,901
National Aviation System	4.6%	19.9%	171
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.5%	0
Security	0.1%	0.1%	2

3,696 delay minutes on 57 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 July 2026?

66.8% of 226 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 75.9% of 228 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 66.8% and 4.4% in July 2026.

Provenance

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