OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to West Palm Beach

1,035 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–PBI arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,898 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,537
  • American Airlinesbest
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights367
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights994

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)29%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly LGA → PBI

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 2,856 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,796 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 105 min · 1,545 flights
  • Afternoons61% on time · p90 95 min · 2,060 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 105 min · 436 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 60 min · 1,223 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 1,096 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,236 flights
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 1,277 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 75 min · 1,288 flights
  • Mondays67% on time · p90 85 min · 1,283 flights
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 80 min · 1,290 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.