Palm Beach International in October 2023

85.7%departed on time

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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,005 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 83.9% of the time (2,007 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 42% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PBI in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.7%	—	72.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.4%	—	72.9%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	2.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	—	21.7 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	67	—	86	19,966
Scheduled departures	2,005	—	31,406	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	537	27%	90.7%	-7.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	529	26%	81.5%	3.0 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	377	19%	84.4%	10.0 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	246	12%	90.7%	-10.5 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	202	10%	89.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	56	3%	85.7%	-5.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	2%	80.6%	3.1 min	9.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	1%	69.6%	9.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	4	0%	100.0%	-12.0 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	326	92.6%	-5.5 min	0.0%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	217	85.7%	-3.7 min	0.0%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	215	91.2%	-10.6 min	0.9%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	155	76.8%	2.3 min	1.3%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	144	78.5%	25.7 min	0.7%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	125	83.2%	2.5 min	0.0%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	116	91.4%	-2.6 min	0.0%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	114	82.5%	1.1 min	0.0%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	113	89.4%	-4.7 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	93	83.9%	9.5 min	0.0%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	86.9%	-3.0 min	0.0%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	58	93.1%	-8.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	41.3%	9,015
Late-arriving aircraft	47.5%	40.5%	10,100
National Aviation System	9.0%	14.4%	1,907
Extreme weather	1.2%	3.7%	258
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,280 delay minutes on 259 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PBI on time in October 2023?

85.7% of 2,005 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.