On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

New York to Aguadilla: on-time record

John F. Kennedy International to Rafael Hernandez

61.4%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 469 flights from New York (JFK) to Aguadilla (BQN), a distance of 1,576 miles. 61.4% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 14.6 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 11.4 points below the 72.8% recorded for all departures from JFK. Flights that did arrive were 17.5 min late on average, and 2.3% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

JetBlue Airways is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 469 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at JFK), flights leaving from 5 am to 6 am had the highest on-time share, 84.8%; those leaving from 3 pm to 4 pm had the lowest, 47.4%.

The on-time share is down 6.8 points on the previous 12 months (68.2%); cancellations moved from 2.0% to 2.3%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 14%.

61.4%arrived on timenational 76.0%
17.5 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
2.3%cancellednational 1.8%
39flights a month469 in 12 months · 1,576 miles
Every scheduled JFK to BQN flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways469100%61.4%17.5 min2.3%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureJFK to BQNAll departures from JFKAll arrivals at BQNAll reported flights
Arrived on time61.4%72.8%68.0%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late35.2%23.5%29.4%21.9%
Cancelled2.3%3.5%1.8%1.8%
Diverted1.1%0.3%0.8%0.3%
Average arrival delay17.5 min7.6 min13.9 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights2,3981,8522,0041,684
Scheduled flights469102,6832,2187,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, BQN to JFK, recorded 78.0% on time across 469 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled JFK to BQN flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 61.4% against 68.2% (−6.8 pts), cancelled 2.3% against 2.0%, flights 469 against 638.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave JFK (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier38.9%33.3%4,173
Late-arriving aircraft41.7%39.7%4,478
National Aviation System13.8%20.7%1,485
Extreme weather4.7%6.1%506
Security0.8%0.1%91
10,733 delay minutes on 165 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan14459.0%2.1%16.6 min3
Feb14658.2%4.8%21.9 min3
Mar16564.2%1.2%11.0 min3
Apr14670.5%0.0%6.8 min3
May14077.1%0.0%1.2 min3
Jun14460.4%2.1%19.2 min3
Jul15558.1%3.9%17.9 min3
Aug18653.8%2.7%30.0 min3
Sep9977.8%0.0%5.0 min3
Oct9781.4%0.0%-1.1 min3
Nov12065.0%0.8%13.1 min3
Dec14950.3%2.7%23.9 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from New York (JFK)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
JFK–LAXNew York to Los Angeles10,28175.3%5.3 min2.4%
JFK–SFONew York to San Francisco6,77071.6%7.7 min2.2%
JFK–BOSNew York to Boston5,67670.1%11.8 min4.3%
JFK–MCONew York to Orlando4,84471.4%10.1 min3.3%
JFK–MIANew York to Miami4,52974.8%10.0 min2.8%
JFK–ATLNew York to Atlanta4,24974.2%8.3 min2.6%
JFK–FLLNew York to Fort Lauderdale3,89769.2%9.2 min4.2%
JFK–LASNew York to Las Vegas3,71378.1%-0.4 min2.5%

All 75 routes and the airport record for JFK · airport record for BQN

Questions and answers

How often are flights from New York to Aguadilla on time?

61.4% of the 469 flights scheduled from JFK to BQN in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from JFK to BQN?

JetBlue Airways is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between New York and Aguadilla?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 39%, national aviation system 14%, extreme weather 5%, security 1%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from JFK?

Flights scheduled to leave JFK from 5 am to 6 am arrived on time 84.8% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 3 pm to 4 pm at 47.4%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 61.4%, down 6.8 points on the previous 12 months (68.2%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (81.4%) and December the lowest (50.3%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.