Palm Beach International in December 2023

77.4%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,810 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 5.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 74.0% of the time (2,816 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	77.4%	—	72.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	79.8%	—	72.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	2.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	—	21.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	94	—	86	19,013
Scheduled departures	2,810	—	31,406	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	788	28%	73.0%	10.3 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	618	22%	87.5%	2.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	508	18%	79.9%	17.2 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	377	13%	83.6%	-5.2 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	224	8%	87.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	185	7%	65.4%	27.3 min	1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	2%	82.3%	1.3 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	1%	69.4%	23.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	12	0%	91.7%	-6.6 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	338	91.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	338	84.6%	-5.3 min	0.9%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	252	81.3%	3.7 min	0.4%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	212	73.1%	10.0 min	0.5%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	201	73.1%	19.3 min	0.5%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	197	84.3%	16.5 min	0.5%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	182	75.3%	6.4 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	150	79.3%	25.1 min	0.0%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	139	67.6%	36.1 min	0.7%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	129	79.1%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	126	73.8%	7.3 min	2.4%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	121	86.8%	-1.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.1%	37.1%	17,858
Late-arriving aircraft	57.6%	38.8%	29,314
National Aviation System	6.7%	17.6%	3,399
Extreme weather	0.6%	6.2%	281
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

50,852 delay minutes on 540 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 December 2023?

77.4% of 2,810 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.