Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) delays & on-time performance
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, Florida · 34 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PBI right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
Figures cover 31,406 departures from PBI; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PBI were on time 74% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.5% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- Southwest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (79% on time); JetBlue was the least (72%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (94% on time); around 7pm did worst (62%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).
Most delayed routes from PBI
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BOS · Boston66%2,152 flts
- ORD · Chicago68%1,328 flts
- LGA · New York69%3,208 flts
- BNA · Nashville69%365 flts
- DCA · Washington70%1,806 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth72%1,144 flts
- HPN · White Plains73%1,667 flts
- ISP · Islip74%1,222 flts
- JFK · New York74%2,206 flts
- EWR · Newark75%3,608 flts
Most reliable routes from PBI
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MCO · Orlando85%607 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,830 flts
- ATL · Atlanta83%3,791 flts
- IAH · Houston82%491 flts
- BWI · Baltimore81%1,233 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia77%1,553 flts
- PVD · Providence77%427 flts
- BDL · Hartford77%518 flts
- DTW · Detroit76%475 flts
- EWR · Newark75%3,608 flts
Best airline at PBI
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 79% | 1.0% | 13 min | 8 | 2,834 |
| Delta Air Lines | 77% | 2.6% | 17 min | 6 | 7,155 |
| United Airlines | 77% | 1.8% | 22 min | 5 | 4,368 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 2.2% | 25 min | 8 | 6,434 |
| Envoy Air | 75% | 0.0% | 30 min | 1 | 4 |
| Spirit Airlines | 73% | 7.2% | 20 min | 2 | 446 |
| Allegiant Air | 73% | 0.7% | 23 min | 4 | 450 |
| JetBlue | 72% | 3.4% | 23 min | 10 | 9,000 |
| Republic Airways | 70% | 3.9% | 30 min | 4 | 257 |
| Frontier Airlines | 53% | 3.3% | 46 min | 6 | 457 |
| PSA Airlines | – | 100.0% | – | 1 | 1 |
Best time to fly out of PBI
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am94%2,493 flts
- 7am93%2,559 flts
- 8am91%1,281 flts
- 9am86%1,446 flts
- 10am83%2,114 flts
- 11am80%2,580 flts
- 12pm76%2,912 flts
- 1pm70%1,832 flts
- 2pm65%1,994 flts
- 3pm66%1,866 flts
- 4pm62%1,771 flts
- 5pm65%2,093 flts
- 6pm63%2,291 flts
- 7pm62%2,504 flts
- 8pm65%1,241 flts
- 9pm67%320 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft46%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.