OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Islip to West Palm Beach

1,052 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ISP–PBI arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,163 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights641
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights522

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Late aircraft43%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline30%
  • Weather57%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 23 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ISP → PBI

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 25 min · 1,024 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 40 min · 726 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 85 min · 506 flights
  • Afternoons60% on time · p90 85 min · 961 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 76% on time.

  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 479 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 461 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 427 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 65 min · 458 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 55 min · 441 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 492 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 70 min · 498 flights

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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.