Historical on-time performance
Detroit to West Palm Beach
1,087 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DTW–PBI arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 467 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9035 minCancel0.4%Flights467
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline41%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)51%
- Late aircraft5%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DTW → PBI
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 70% to 86% on time.
- Evenings86% on time · p90 25 min · 50 flights · limited
- Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 348 flights
- Middays74% on time · p90 55 min · 749 flights
- Afternoons70% on time · p90 80 min · 98 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 84% on time.
- Wednesdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 159 flights · limited
- Tuesdays81% on time · p90 40 min · 159 flights · limited
- Fridays80% on time · p90 40 min · 188 flights · limited
- Mondays78% on time · p90 40 min · 178 flights · limited
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 188 flights · limited
- Saturdays73% on time · p90 75 min · 194 flights · limited
- Sundays69% on time · p90 65 min · 179 flights · limited
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