On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Luis Munoz Marin International in September 2024

83.9%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,068 domestic departures from Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so SJU departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 2,192 departures with 76.0% leaving on time: a change of +7.9 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at SJU that month were on time 83.8% of the time (2,066 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 13%.

Every scheduled departure from SJU in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023SJU, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time83.9%76.0%74.5%84.4%
Arrived on time83.6%75.3%75.6%83.9%
Cancelled0.6%0.8%2.0%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.5 min21.3 min19.6 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day69739719,421
Scheduled departures2,0682,19235,302582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways62930%82.8%6.7 min0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines38319%86.2%-2.7 min0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines25312%87.0%1.5 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines24012%86.7%1.3 min0.4%
AA American Airlines20910%81.3%4.8 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1809%80.6%-2.9 min0.6%
UA United Airlines1718%77.8%2.2 min1.8%
MQ Envoy Air30%66.7%-4.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SJU–MCOSan Juan to Orlando40690.4%-4.0 min0.2%
SJU–JFKSan Juan to New York27288.2%-1.5 min0.0%
SJU–MIASan Juan to Miami22186.0%-0.5 min0.0%
SJU–EWRSan Juan to Newark17080.6%2.8 min1.8%
SJU–FLLSan Juan to Fort Lauderdale16385.3%6.4 min0.0%
SJU–BOSSan Juan to Boston11973.9%27.8 min0.8%
SJU–ATLSan Juan to Atlanta11582.6%3.5 min0.0%
SJU–TPASan Juan to Tampa9380.6%4.5 min5.4%
SJU–BWISan Juan to Baltimore6475.0%9.6 min0.0%
SJU–PHLSan Juan to Philadelphia5887.9%-14.9 min0.0%
SJU–BDLSan Juan to Hartford5773.7%10.5 min0.0%
SJU–IAHSan Juan to Houston5172.5%9.3 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier45.1%38.6%10,788
Late-arriving aircraft39.7%38.4%9,505
National Aviation System13.3%18.2%3,178
Extreme weather1.8%4.8%423
Security0.1%0.1%26
23,920 delay minutes on 320 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SJU on time in September 2024?

83.9% of 2,068 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 76.0% of 2,192 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 0.6% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SJU · methodology · corrections.