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Airport month · May 2024
Palm Beach International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,420 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 72.4% of the time (2,416 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 72.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.0% | — | 72.6% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 72.3% | — | 72.9% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.7 min | — | 21.7 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 81 | — | 86 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,420 | — | 31,406 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 643 | 27% | 73.7% | 12.6 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 611 | 25% | 76.6% | 13.5 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 533 | 22% | 61.9% | 40.2 min | 2.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 282 | 12% | 72.7% | 10.9 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 239 | 10% | 79.1% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 53 | 2% | 66.0% | 32.7 min | 3.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 31 | 1% | 90.3% | -11.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 27 | 1% | 70.4% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | 8.0 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 | 397 | 81.9% | 8.7 min | 0.5% |
| PBI–EWR | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark | 298 | 75.2% | 6.2 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 210 | 76.2% | 6.2 min | 1.0% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 189 | 68.8% | 27.0 min | 1.1% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 175 | 73.1% | 15.7 min | 1.1% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 156 | 73.1% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 146 | 68.5% | 36.0 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 144 | 63.2% | 24.4 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 143 | 72.0% | 22.3 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 120 | 80.0% | 9.0 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 46.7% | 46.9 min | 7.6% |
| PBI–ORD | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago | 85 | 51.8% | 72.9 min | 1.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in May 2024?
74.0% of 2,420 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.