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.
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PSE on-time rate vs. the national average
Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Ponce, PR sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Ponce, PR handles more flight
volume than 25% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
3% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet 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.
Ponce, PR vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 8,079 ·
On-time rate: 74.5%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes67,555 min
Late Aircraft45,015 min · 67%
Carrier11,042 min · 16%
NAS (National Aviation System)10,450 min · 15%
Security944 min · 1%
Weather104 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
PSE - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (93.4%) · worst: July (86.4%)
PSE - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Ponce, PR vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
74.5%Top 97%higher than 3% of 382 airports
Ponce, 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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ponce, PR's on-time rate?
Ponce, PR (PSE) has a 74.5% on-time rate across 8,079 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 4.5 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does PSE rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Ponce, PR ranks #285 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Ponce, PR?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at PSE, accounting for 66.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 66.6% late-aircraft, 16.3% carrier, 15.5% NAS/air-traffic-control, 0.2% weather, and 1.4% security.
When is the best time to fly through Ponce, PR?
October is historically PSE's strongest month at 93.4% on-time, while July is the weakest at 86.4%, a 7.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.