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.
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BQN on-time rate vs. the national average
Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Aguadilla, PR sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Aguadilla, PR handles more flight
volume than 50% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
0% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Aguadilla, PR vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 24,390 ·
On-time rate: 68.6%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes263,911 min
Late Aircraft175,527 min · 67%
Carrier53,417 min · 20%
NAS (National Aviation System)27,766 min · 11%
Weather5,381 min · 2%
Security1,820 min · 1%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
BQN - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (89.2%) · worst: July (79.8%)
BQN - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Aguadilla, PR vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
68.6%Top 100%in the bottom 1% of 382 airports
Aguadilla, PR
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Aguadilla, PR's on-time rate?
Aguadilla, PR (BQN) has a 68.6% on-time rate across 24,390 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 10.4 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does BQN rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Aguadilla, PR ranks #193 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Aguadilla, PR?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at BQN, accounting for 66.5% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 66.5% late-aircraft, 20.2% carrier, 10.5% NAS/air-traffic-control, 2.0% weather, and 0.7% security.
When is the best time to fly through Aguadilla, PR?
October is historically BQN's strongest month at 89.2% on-time, while July is the weakest at 79.8%, a 9.4-point swing across the BTS historical record.