On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Miami to San Juan: on-time record

Miami International to Luis Munoz Marin International

74.8%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.

Flights from Miami (MIA) to San Juan (SJU) arrived on time 74.8% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 2,638 flights on the route in that period, about 7 a day, a distance of 1,045 miles.

That is 1.2 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 2.5 points above the 72.3% recorded for all departures from MIA. Flights that did arrive were 11.4 min late on average, and 0.9% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

3 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. American Airlines had the highest on-time share at 76.9% of 2,109 flights; Spirit Airlines had the lowest at 56.0% of 150.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at MIA), flights leaving from 7 am to 8 am had the highest on-time share, 92.1%; those leaving from 9 pm to 10 pm had the lowest, 56.7%.

The on-time share is down 1.8 points on the previous 12 months (76.6%); cancellations moved from 0.7% to 0.9%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 17%.

74.8%arrived on timenational 76.0%
11.4 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.9%cancellednational 1.8%
220flights a month2,638 in 12 months · 1,045 miles
Every scheduled MIA to SJU flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines2,10980%76.9%8.4 min0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines37914%70.4%17.0 min1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines1506%56.0%41.5 min4.7%

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

MeasureMIA to SJUAll departures from MIAAll arrivals at SJUAll reported flights
Arrived on time74.8%72.3%69.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late24.3%25.7%28.0%21.9%
Cancelled0.9%1.6%1.9%1.8%
Diverted0.1%0.4%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay11.4 min11.0 min14.3 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,9151,9362,0891,684
Scheduled flights2,638111,18635,3037,043,858

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, SJU to MIA, recorded 77.3% on time across 2,643 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled MIA to SJU 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 74.8% against 76.6% (−1.8 pts), cancelled 0.9% against 0.7%, flights 2,638 against 2,765.

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 MIA (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 carrier38.8%33.3%18,634
Late-arriving aircraft41.0%39.7%19,690
National Aviation System16.7%20.7%8,020
Extreme weather3.4%6.1%1,616
Security0.0%0.1%14
47,974 delay minutes on 640 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
Jan71369.8%2.0%14.3 min3
Feb64379.9%0.5%4.1 min3
Mar76869.8%1.3%14.9 min3
Apr72276.9%0.1%8.4 min3
May70380.1%0.1%6.5 min3
Jun68173.1%2.5%11.4 min3
Jul71770.3%0.6%16.3 min3
Aug72068.9%0.8%20.5 min3
Sep57583.7%0.0%1.3 min3
Oct60784.7%0.7%0.1 min3
Nov65979.5%0.2%5.1 min3
Dec73575.5%0.3%11.0 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 Miami (MIA)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MIA–ATLMiami to Atlanta6,26172.3%13.6 min1.6%
MIA–LGAMiami to New York5,99064.5%18.8 min3.9%
MIA–DFWMiami to Dallas/Fort Worth4,81871.3%12.8 min2.6%
MIA–JFKMiami to New York4,53069.6%14.1 min2.8%
MIA–ORDMiami to Chicago4,45069.0%14.8 min2.0%
MIA–DCAMiami to Washington3,95673.6%9.2 min1.8%
MIA–EWRMiami to Newark3,95169.7%14.9 min2.7%
MIA–MCOMiami to Orlando3,76571.9%14.1 min0.9%

All 97 routes and the airport record for MIA · airport record for SJU

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Miami to San Juan on time?

74.8% of the 2,638 flights scheduled from MIA to SJU 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 MIA to SJU?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, American Airlines had the highest on-time share (76.9%), followed by Frontier Airlines (70.4%) and Spirit Airlines (56.0%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Miami and San Juan?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 39%, national aviation system 17%, extreme weather 3%, security 0%. 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 MIA?

Flights scheduled to leave MIA from 7 am to 8 am arrived on time 92.1% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 9 pm to 10 pm at 56.7%. 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 74.8%, down 1.8 points on the previous 12 months (76.6%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (84.7%) and August the lowest (68.9%).

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.