OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

West Palm Beach to Boston

1,197 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PBI–BOS arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,187 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.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights613
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel3.4%
    Flights1,574

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline36%
  • Weather51%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 72 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 PBI → BOS

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 — 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 1,320 flights
  • Middays71% on time · p90 55 min · 2,214 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 90 min · 626 flights
  • Afternoons57% on time · p90 100 min · 800 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 100 min · 1,237 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 76% on time.

  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 883 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 830 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 812 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 70 min · 925 flights
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 80 min · 914 flights
  • Thursdays65% on time · p90 80 min · 897 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 95 min · 936 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.