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Airport · PSE · Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce, PR

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Ponce, PR (PSE) ranks #285 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Ponce, PR posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

74.5%
On-time
Top 97%
on-time, US airports
77 min
Delay when late
1.52%
Cancelled
#285 of 382
Corpus placement
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PSE on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%74.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 67,555.

Late Aircraft 66.6% (45,015 min)
Carrier 16.3% (11,042 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.5% (10,450 min)
Weather 0.2% (104 min)
Security 1.4% (944 min)

PSE - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (93.4%) · worst: July (86.4%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.8%

PSE - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 93.9% 94.9% ▲ +1.1%

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

Average taxi-out 13.3 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

11 min12 min13 min14 min15 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 13.8 min 13.2 min ▼ -4.3%

PSE's average taxi-out (13.3 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (October 2024, 14.7 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Ponce, PR.

Cancellation Rate

1.52%

123 of 8,079 flights

Diversion Rate

0.07%

6 of 8,079 flights

Delay Rate

25.5%

2,058 of 8,079 flights

Top Routes from PSE

Busiest routes to and from Ponce, PR.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
MCO (Orlando) → PSE (Ponce) 2,805 73.1% 1,179 mi
PSE (Ponce) → MCO (Orlando) 2,804 74.4% 1,179 mi
JFK (New York) → PSE (Ponce) 768 53% 1,617 mi
PSE (Ponce) → JFK (New York) 766 79.5% 1,617 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Ponce, 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: 74.5%).

Barrow, AK

Barrow, AK

74.4% on-time 4,483 flights

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago, TT

74.6% on-time 1,005 flights

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

74.3% on-time 12,681 flights

Sanford, FL

Sanford, FL

74.1% on-time 113,898 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 8,079).

Stillwater, OK

Stillwater, OK

8,044 flights 87.7% on-time

Springfield, IL

Springfield, IL

8,116 flights 82.8% on-time

Gillette, WY

Gillette, WY

8,123 flights 86% on-time

Butte, MT

Butte, MT

8,024 flights 91% 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
BQN 68.6%

Aguadilla, PR

Aguadilla · 24,390 flights

PSE delay-share reading

The standout signal at Ponce, PR is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 66.6% of 67,555 delay minutes across 8,079 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 74.5% (4.5 pts below the 79% national average), with 2,058 delayed and 123 cancelled (1.52%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (66.6% late-aircraft, 16.3% carrier, 15.5% NAS, 0.2% weather, 1.4% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, PSE is strongest in October (93.4% on-time) and weakest in July (86.4%), a 7.0-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~171 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MCO (Orlando) at 73.1% 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 PSE's data

PSE'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 PSE 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 13.3 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.