On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Providence to San Juan: on-time record

Rhode Island Tf Green International to Luis Munoz Marin International

80.7%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 Providence (PVD) to San Juan (SJU) arrived on time 80.7% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 300 flights on the route in that period, about 0.8 a day, a distance of 1,636 miles.

That is 4.7 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 3.8 points above the 76.9% recorded for all departures from PVD. Flights that did arrive were 1.5 minutes early on average, and 1.7% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

JetBlue Airways is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 300 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at PVD), flights leaving from 7 am to 8 am had the highest on-time share, 81.9%; those leaving from 7 pm to 8 pm had the lowest, 72.0%.

The on-time share is up 1.4 points on the previous 12 months (79.3%); cancellations moved from 0.4% to 1.7%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, national aviation system 46%, air carrier 42% and late-arriving aircraft 13%.

80.7%arrived on timenational 76.0%
-1.5 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.7%cancellednational 1.8%
25flights a month300 in 12 months · 1,636 miles
Every scheduled PVD to SJU flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways300100%80.7%-1.5 min1.7%

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

MeasurePVD to SJUAll departures from PVDAll arrivals at SJUAll reported flights
Arrived on time80.7%76.9%69.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late17.3%20.0%28.0%21.9%
Cancelled1.7%2.8%1.9%1.8%
Diverted0.3%0.3%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay-1.5 min7.7 min14.3 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights9581,6602,0891,684
Scheduled flights30015,59535,3037,043,858

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 PVD, recorded 67.9% on time across 299 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled PVD 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 80.7% against 79.3% (+1.4 pts), cancelled 1.7% against 0.4%, flights 300 against 276.

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 PVD (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 carrier41.6%33.3%1,087
Late-arriving aircraft12.5%39.7%326
National Aviation System45.5%20.7%1,188
Extreme weather0.5%6.1%12
Security0.0%0.1%0
2,613 delay minutes on 52 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
Jan6269.4%3.2%5.9 min2
Feb5667.9%5.4%4.2 min2
Mar6081.7%0.0%1.0 min2
Apr5485.2%0.0%-3.1 min2
May5485.2%0.0%-2.8 min2
Jun5188.2%0.0%-0.4 min2
Jul3781.1%2.7%-1.2 min2
Aug3183.9%0.0%3.9 min1
Sep2391.3%0.0%-22.0 min1
Oct2792.6%0.0%-17.0 min2
Nov5979.7%0.0%3.0 min2
Dec6272.6%0.0%9.2 min2

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 Providence (PVD)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PVD–DCAProvidence to Washington2,42468.9%13.9 min4.4%
PVD–BWIProvidence to Baltimore1,87084.8%0.0 min2.0%
PVD–ORDProvidence to Chicago1,68671.7%15.8 min4.2%
PVD–MCOProvidence to Orlando1,59274.9%7.5 min1.8%
PVD–CLTProvidence to Charlotte1,46179.7%5.6 min2.5%
PVD–ATLProvidence to Atlanta1,13482.9%-1.8 min2.7%
PVD–DTWProvidence to Detroit82075.1%14.6 min2.4%
PVD–MDWProvidence to Chicago77783.4%0.2 min1.5%

All 23 routes and the airport record for PVD · airport record for SJU

Questions and answers

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

80.7% of the 300 flights scheduled from PVD 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 PVD to SJU?

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 Providence and San Juan?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: national aviation system 46%, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 13%, extreme weather 1%, 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 PVD?

Flights scheduled to leave PVD from 7 am to 8 am arrived on time 81.9% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 7 pm to 8 pm at 72.0%. 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 80.7%, up 1.4 points on the previous 12 months (79.3%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.

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.