OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

PBI

West Palm Beach

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate73%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time74%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 30,785 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

71%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time71%
  • 15–59 min late17%
  • 1–2 hr late6%
  • 2 hr+ late4%
  • Cancelled or diverted2%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 60 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Spirit Airlinesbest
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights301
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights2,566
  • Republic Airways
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel5.1%
    Flights79
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights7,099
  • American Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights6,370
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights8,606
  • United Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights3,598
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p90110 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights343

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

Where flights go

Busiest routes

PBI → ATL→PBI → EWR→PBI → LGA→PBI → JFK→PBI → CLT→PBI → BOS→PBI → PHL→PBI → BWI→PBI → DFW→PBI → HPN→
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.