OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to West Palm Beach

1,035 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–PBI arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.3%of scheduled flights

based on 3,063 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.

  • American Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel4.0%
    Flights405
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel4.4%
    Flights1,553
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel4.3%
    Flights1,105

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)26%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline28%
  • Weather53%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 132 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 LGA → 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 — 81% on time.

  • Mornings81% on time · p90 30 min · 3,076 flights
  • Middays71% on time · p90 60 min · 2,022 flights
  • Evenings61% on time · p90 110 min · 1,449 flights
  • Afternoons59% on time · p90 105 min · 1,991 flights
  • Overnights58% on time · p90 105 min · 526 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 75% on time.

  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,165 flights
  • Tuesdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,261 flights
  • Wednesdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,276 flights
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 75 min · 1,350 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 75 min · 1,334 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 85 min · 1,328 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 85 min · 1,350 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.