On-Time Report

Airports › San Juan (SJU) › October 2024

Airport month · October 2024

Luis Munoz Marin International in October 2024

81.5%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,325 domestic departures from Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SJU departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,290 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at SJU that month were on time 80.9% of the time (2,333 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023SJU, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time81.5%77.3%74.5%85.5%
Arrived on time81.9%78.3%75.6%85.8%
Cancelled2.5%0.7%2.0%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.2 min20.7 min19.6 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day78769720,517
Scheduled departures2,3252,29035,302615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways74532%80.7%4.0 min2.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines38717%79.1%2.0 min4.7%
WN Southwest Airlines24811%79.0%1.5 min5.6%
DL Delta Air Lines24210%91.3%-4.8 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines23910%83.7%1.1 min3.8%
AA American Airlines23410%80.3%5.7 min0.4%
UA United Airlines23010%83.5%1.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SJU–MCOSan Juan to Orlando48280.7%-0.6 min8.1%
SJU–JFKSan Juan to New York30289.4%-4.2 min0.3%
SJU–MIASan Juan to Miami21987.7%-2.9 min1.8%
SJU–FLLSan Juan to Fort Lauderdale19885.9%1.6 min1.0%
SJU–EWRSan Juan to Newark17677.8%14.0 min1.1%
SJU–ATLSan Juan to Atlanta12789.8%-1.0 min0.0%
SJU–BOSSan Juan to Boston12273.0%9.7 min0.0%
SJU–TPASan Juan to Tampa9873.5%4.3 min10.2%
SJU–IAHSan Juan to Houston8086.3%-5.2 min0.0%
SJU–PHLSan Juan to Philadelphia6482.8%-4.0 min0.0%
SJU–CLTSan Juan to Charlotte6366.7%5.3 min0.0%
SJU–STTSan Juan to Charlotte Amalie5775.4%8.3 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier36.4%42.7%9,395
Late-arriving aircraft43.6%37.4%11,278
National Aviation System14.3%16.3%3,683
Extreme weather5.3%3.4%1,381
Security0.4%0.2%104
25,841 delay minutes on 357 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
← September 2024November 2024 →

Questions and answers

How many flights left SJU on time in October 2024?

81.5% of 2,325 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 77.3% of 2,290 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 2.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

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