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Airport month · March 2024
Palm Beach International in March 2024
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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,141 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 69.9% of the time (3,139 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 72.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.7% | — | 72.6% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 72.6% | — | 72.9% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | — | 2.5% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 23.8 min | — | 21.7 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 105 | — | 86 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,141 | — | 31,406 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 886 | 28% | 70.4% | 18.1 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 679 | 22% | 79.7% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 589 | 19% | 66.0% | 27.3 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 457 | 15% | 78.1% | 7.8 min | 0.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 304 | 10% | 74.0% | 12.1 min | 1.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 119 | 4% | 58.0% | 27.2 min | 2.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 62 | 2% | 72.6% | 11.0 min | 1.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 45 | 1% | 68.9% | 8.6 min | 2.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBI–ATL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta | 394 | 82.5% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–EWR | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark | 363 | 78.8% | 11.4 min | 0.6% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 302 | 72.2% | 10.3 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 217 | 71.9% | 14.4 min | 0.5% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 217 | 77.9% | 10.1 min | 0.5% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 215 | 62.3% | 26.2 min | 0.9% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 188 | 69.7% | 20.2 min | 0.5% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 179 | 69.8% | 22.3 min | 0.6% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 149 | 73.8% | 10.7 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–ORD | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago | 145 | 70.3% | 30.0 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 145 | 64.8% | 21.2 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 124 | 53.2% | 43.6 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in March 2024?
71.7% of 3,141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.