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Airport month · September 2023
Palm Beach International in September 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,642 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 72.8% of the time (1,644 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 76.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
- Cancelled 2.4%
- Diverted 0.4%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.6% | — | 72.6% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 76.8% | — | 72.9% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 2.4% | — | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.9 min | — | 21.7 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 55 | — | 86 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,642 | — | 31,406 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 511 | 31% | 83.0% | 5.2 min | 2.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 455 | 28% | 69.0% | 15.3 min | 3.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 310 | 19% | 78.1% | 7.5 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 155 | 9% | 71.6% | 2.5 min | 7.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 155 | 9% | 79.4% | 7.6 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 30 | 2% | 90.0% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 16 | 1% | 75.0% | 23.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 10 | 1% | 80.0% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBI–ATL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta | 315 | 87.9% | 1.1 min | 0.3% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 184 | 71.2% | 17.7 min | 4.9% |
| PBI–EWR | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark | 180 | 70.0% | 6.0 min | 6.7% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 145 | 70.3% | 10.9 min | 6.2% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 114 | 70.2% | 13.0 min | 2.6% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 111 | 73.0% | 6.5 min | 3.6% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 108 | 83.3% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 101 | 71.3% | 20.4 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 90 | 76.7% | 8.1 min | 1.1% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 90 | 80.0% | 9.3 min | 1.1% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 57 | 78.9% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–ISP | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip | 35 | 85.7% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in September 2023?
76.6% of 1,642 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PBI · methodology · corrections.