Mercedita International Airport (PSE) delays & on-time performance
Ponce, Puerto Rico · 3 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PSE right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
89%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
8 min
64 min when late
Departed on time
90%
avg taxi-out 13 min
Figures cover 692 departures from PSE; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PSE were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Mercedita International Airport (PSE) arrived on time 89% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- Frontier Airlines was the most punctual airline here (91% on time); JetBlue was the least (88%).
- Departures scheduled around 11am did best (96% on time); around 4pm did worst (71%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (77%).
Most delayed routes from PSE
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MCO · Orlando90%617 flts
Most reliable routes from PSE
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MCO · Orlando90%617 flts
Best airline at PSE
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Airlines | 91% | 0.4% | 5 min | 1 | 238 |
| JetBlue | 88% | 2.6% | 9 min | 3 | 454 |
Best time to fly out of PSE
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 1am78%49 flts
- 5am94%144 flts
- 6am92%40 flts
- 8am92%95 flts
- 9am93%41 flts
- 10am95%125 flts
- 11am96%47 flts
- 12pm79%38 flts
- 4pm71%32 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft77%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)12%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
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.