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BQN Rafael Hernández delays

Rafael Hernández International Airport, Aguadilla, PR. Every scheduled departure, September 2025 to August 2026.

On time
76%
departing flights, arrival < 15 min late
Left on time
75%
gate departure < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
2,231 departures
Taxi out
13m
gate to wheels-up

76% of flights leaving Aguadilla (BQN) arrived on time over the past 12 months, right at the national average of 76%. About 6 flights leave BQN on a typical day; 2.7% were cancelled. 75% pushed back from the gate on time, so most of the lateness is already there when the flight leaves the gate.

At a glance

How late?

The on-time rate treats a flight 20 minutes late the same as one 5 hours late. Here's the split for flights leaving BQN: when a flight was late, it was under 45 minutes late 50% of the time. About 1 in 12 flights landed an hour or more late, and 1 in 54 three hours or more; 2.7% were cancelled outright.

Share of all 2,231 scheduled flights, past 12 months, by arrival time against schedule.

Best time of day to fly out of BQN

Not enough flights at each hour to compare times of day reliably.

40%70%100%12 a.m. departures: 74% on time (239 flights)7412a1 a.m. departures: 80% on time (143 flights)801a2 a.m. departures: 76% on time (123 flights)762a3 a.m. departures: 75% on time (215 flights)753a4 a.m. departures: too few flights (82 flights)4a5 a.m. departures: 89% on time (291 flights)895a6 a.m. departures: 84% on time (147 flights)846a7 a.m. departures: too few flights (13 flights)7a8 a.m. departures: 90% on time (140 flights)908a9 a.m. departures: too few flights (35 flights)9a10 a.m. departures: too few flights (6 flights)10a11 a.m. departures: too few flights (19 flights)11anoon departures: too few flights (72 flights)12p1 p.m. departures: too few flights (8 flights)1p2 p.m. departures: too few flights (93 flights)2p3 p.m. departures: too few flights (74 flights)3p4 p.m. departures: too few flights (91 flights)4p5 p.m. departures: too few flights (60 flights)5p6 p.m. departures: 67% on time (123 flights)676p7 p.m. departures: too few flights (71 flights)7p8 p.m. departures: 59% on time (103 flights)598p9 p.m. departures: too few flights (39 flights)9p10 p.m. departures: too few flights (34 flights)10p
BQN departures, share arriving on time, by scheduled local departure hour, past 12 months.
82%+ on time76–82%68–76%under 68%too few flights

Hour × month

Combine the two and the spread is wider still. The most reliable combination at BQN was a 3 a.m. departure in December (84% on time); the least, 3 a.m. in December (84%). If you can only move one thing, move the hour. Departure hour usually shifts the odds more than the month does.

Each cell: on-time rate for that departure hour in that calendar month, 2023–2026. Find your travel month, then look along the row for the greenest hour.

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Best and worst months

August is the hardest month at BQN, with 73% of flights on time across 2023–2026; May is the best at 83%. Summer (June–August) runs 4 points worse than autumn: heavy schedules, peak loads and afternoon thunderstorms. Cancellations peak in July (3.2% of flights).

40%70%100%Jan: 77% on time (607 flights)77JanFeb: 80% on time (523 flights)80FebMar: 76% on time (600 flights)76MarApr: 81% on time (582 flights)81AprMay: 83% on time (640 flights)83MayJun: 74% on time (634 flights)74JunJul: 74% on time (651 flights)74JulAug: 73% on time (640 flights)73AugSep: 77% on time (481 flights)77SepOct: 79% on time (518 flights)79OctNov: 77% on time (614 flights)77NovDec: 74% on time (697 flights)74Dec

Airlines at BQN

JetBlue runs 64% of departures from BQN, so BQN is effectively its hub. When JetBlue has a bad day, so does the airport.

AirlineDeparturesOn timeLeft on timeCancelledTypical arrival
JetBlue1,41876%77%2.8%−8 min
Frontier Airlines44875%72%2.2%−10 min
United Airlines36577%70%3.0%−12 min

Why flights are late at BQN

Airlines report a cause for every flight that arrives 15 or more minutes late. At BQN, 63% of delay minutes came from late-arriving aircraft: the plane showed up late from its previous flight, so the delay started somewhere else. Next is the airlines themselves at 23%. That's why the first flight of the morning is the safest bet: it has no earlier flight to inherit a delay from. Of the 61 cancellations, 46% were blamed on weather.

Late inbound plane 63%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 23%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 10%Security 3%Severe weather 1%

The average taxi from gate to takeoff is 13 minutes, shorter than at most large U.S. airports.

Month by month

Over the latest 12 months 76% of BQN departures were on time, against 80% in the 12 months before, a decline of 4 points. The best recent month was September 2025 (85%); the worst, January 2026 (68%).

50%75%100%Sep 2023Jan 2024Jan 2025Jan 2026Sep 2023: 70% on time, 1.4% cancelledOct 2023: 76% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov 2023: 79% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec 2023: 76% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan 2024: 79% on time, 0.4% cancelledFeb 2024: 80% on time, 2.5% cancelledMar 2024: 69% on time, 1.6% cancelledApr 2024: 84% on time, 0.4% cancelledMay 2024: 80% on time, 1.6% cancelledJun 2024: 60% on time, 2.9% cancelledJul 2024: 78% on time, 1.0% cancelledAug 2024: 68% on time, 3.7% cancelledSep 2024: 81% on time, 0.7% cancelledOct 2024: 83% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov 2024: 73% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec 2024: 73% on time, 0.4% cancelledJan 2025: 82% on time, 1.0% cancelledFeb 2025: 84% on time, 1.8% cancelledMar 2025: 83% on time, 1.1% cancelledApr 2025: 81% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay 2025: 86% on time, 0.5% cancelledJun 2025: 86% on time, 0.9% cancelledJul 2025: 75% on time, 4.0% cancelledAug 2025: 75% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep 2025: 85% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct 2025: 79% on time, 0.6% cancelledNov 2025: 79% on time, 2.0% cancelledDec 2025: 72% on time, 1.3% cancelledJan 2026: 68% on time, 8.6% cancelledFeb 2026: 76% on time, 5.2% cancelledMar 2026: 78% on time, 3.0% cancelledApr 2026: 77% on time, 0.6% cancelledMay 2026: 83% on time, 0.5% cancelledJun 2026: 74% on time, 0.5% cancelledJul 2026: 69% on time, 4.4% cancelledAug 2026: 75% on time, 4.8% cancelled
Share of flights on time, by month (hover a point for cancellations)

Worst cancellation days

The worst single day in the past year was Saturday, Nov 22, 2025, when 0% of 10 scheduled departures were cancelled. Days like that are usually a major storm, a system outage or a holiday peak hitting bad weather. No average predicts them, so on a stormy forecast, check your airline's travel waivers.

DateDeparturesCancelledOn time
Nov 22, 2025100%60%
Nov 21, 2025100%70%

Last flights of the day

The last flight of the day is a different bet. Across routes from BQN, each airline's final departure was cancelled 2.9% of the time, against 2.9% for its earlier flights, about the same. 2.5% of last flights landed 3+ hours late. The riskiest last flight out was JetBlue to Orlando (4.1% cancelled).

Last flight toAirlineLeavesCancelled3h+ lateOn time
MCO OrlandoJetBlue6:17 p.m.4.1%3.5%63%
MCO OrlandoFrontier Airlines11:53 a.m.0.9%1.8%73%

Each airline's last scheduled departure of the day on a route, on days it flies the route at least twice; past 12 months. Riskiest first.

Tips for flying out of BQN

Routes from BQN

Least reliable first. Routes with at least 365 flights a year.

ToFlightsOn timeCancelledTypical arrival
FLL Fort Lauderdale40970%2.0%−5 min
EWR Newark36577%3.0%−12 min
JFK New York43877%3.6%−9 min
MCO Orlando1,01977%2.5%−10 min

Flights into BQN

Arriving rather than leaving? These are the routes into Rafael Hernández, least reliable first. The weakest is from Fort Lauderdale (58% on time).

FromFlightsOn timeCancelled
FLL Fort Lauderdale41058%2.4%
JFK New York43859%3.0%
EWR Newark36570%1.9%
MCO Orlando1,01874%1.9%

Questions about BQN delays

What month has the most flight delays at BQN?

August (73% on time). May is the best month (83%).

Why are flights delayed at BQN?

The biggest cause was late-arriving aircraft (63% of delay minutes): the plane showed up late from its previous flight, so the delay started somewhere else. Then the airlines themselves (23%).

How often are flights cancelled at BQN?

2.7% of scheduled departures over the past 12 months, peaking in July at 3.2%.

Hours are scheduled local departure times. "On time" means arriving less than 15 minutes late at the destination; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Method.