Rafael Hernández International Airport (BQN) delays & on-time performance
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 5 nonstop destinations · 3 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at BQN right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
52 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
80 min when late
Departed on time
77%
avg taxi-out 13 min
Figures cover 2,218 departures from BQN; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into BQN were on time 70% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Rafael Hernández International Airport (BQN) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 2.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (81% on time); Frontier Airlines was the least (76%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (92% on time); around 5pm did worst (51%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (64%).
Most delayed routes from BQN
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale71%378 flts
- MCO · Orlando79%1,005 flts
- EWR · Newark81%365 flts
- JFK · New York81%469 flts
Most reliable routes from BQN
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- JFK · New York81%469 flts
- EWR · Newark81%365 flts
- MCO · Orlando79%1,005 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale71%378 flts
Best airline at BQN
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 81% | 2.7% | 13 min | 1 | 365 |
| JetBlue | 78% | 2.3% | 19 min | 3 | 1,412 |
| Frontier Airlines | 76% | 2.0% | 20 min | 2 | 441 |
Best time to fly out of BQN
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 12am78%239 flts
- 1am85%143 flts
- 2am76%141 flts
- 3am76%197 flts
- 4am83%82 flts
- 5am92%291 flts
- 6am85%178 flts
- 8am90%111 flts
- 9am82%65 flts
- 12pm80%61 flts
- 2pm67%62 flts
- 3pm67%86 flts
- 4pm72%91 flts
- 5pm51%60 flts
- 6pm73%95 flts
- 7pm56%66 flts
- 8pm64%76 flts
- 9pm58%38 flts
- 10pm75%65 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft64%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Security3%
- Extreme weather1%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.