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Airport · BQN · Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Aguadilla, PR

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Aguadilla, PR (BQN) ranks #193 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Aguadilla, PR posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

68.6%
On-time
Top 100%
on-time, US airports
76 min
Delay when late
1.24%
Cancelled
#193 of 382
Corpus placement
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BQN on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%68.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 263,911.

Late Aircraft 66.5% (175,527 min)
Carrier 20.2% (53,417 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 10.5% (27,766 min)
Weather 2.0% (5,381 min)
Security 0.7% (1,820 min)

BQN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (89.2%) · worst: July (79.8%)

75%80%85%90% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 83.2%

BQN - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 90.1% 90.3% ▲ +0.2%

BQN - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 12.8 min · taxi-in 6.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

11 min12 min13 min14 min15 min Jan 24Dec 25 13.5 min 13.5 min ▲ +0.0%

BQN's average taxi-out (12.8 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (March 2024, 14.0 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Aguadilla, PR.

Cancellation Rate

1.24%

302 of 24,390 flights

Diversion Rate

0.16%

40 of 24,390 flights

Delay Rate

31.4%

7,656 of 24,390 flights

Top Routes from BQN

Busiest routes to and from Aguadilla, PR.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
BQN (Aguadilla) → MCO (Orlando) 5,154 69.8% 1,129 mi
MCO (Orlando) → BQN (Aguadilla) 5,151 67.8% 1,129 mi
JFK (New York) → BQN (Aguadilla) 2,816 65.3% 1,576 mi
BQN (Aguadilla) → JFK (New York) 2,784 77.2% 1,576 mi
EWR (Newark) → BQN (Aguadilla) 1,590 61.8% 1,585 mi
BQN (Aguadilla) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 1,581 75.1% 982 mi
BQN (Aguadilla) → EWR (Newark) 1,559 72% 1,585 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → BQN (Aguadilla) 1,518 67% 982 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Aguadilla, PR, both outside Puerto Rico so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 68.6%).

Hagerstown, MD

Hagerstown, MD

69.2% on-time 2,806 flights

Ashland, WV

Ashland, WV

69.5% on-time 5,649 flights

Concord, NC

Concord, NC

72.4% on-time 10,857 flights

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

72.6% on-time 7,206 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 24,390).

Killeen, TX

Killeen, TX

24,729 flights 83.6% on-time

Bloomington/Normal, IL

Bloomington/Normal, IL

25,097 flights 85.2% on-time

Duluth, MN

Duluth, MN

23,374 flights 85.2% on-time

Alexandria, LA

Alexandria, LA

23,340 flights 86.2% on-time

Other Airports in Puerto Rico

Compare performance with other Puerto Rico airports.

SJU 76.1%

San Juan, PR

San Juan · 366,579 flights
PSE 74.5%

Ponce, PR

Ponce · 8,079 flights

BQN delay-share reading

The standout signal at Aguadilla, PR is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 66.5% of 263,911 delay minutes across 24,390 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 68.6% (10.4 pts below the 79% national average), with 7,656 delayed and 302 cancelled (1.24%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (66.5% late-aircraft, 20.2% carrier, 10.5% NAS, 2.0% weather, 0.7% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, BQN is strongest in October (89.2% on-time) and weakest in July (79.8%), a 9.4-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~470 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MCO (Orlando) at 69.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using BQN's data

BQN's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from BQN before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.