Palm Beach International in August 2024

67.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,943 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 67.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.2% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 8.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,771 departures with 74.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 62.4% of the time (1,944 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 65.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.3%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from PBI in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	67.2%	74.6%	72.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	65.2%	74.9%	72.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	4.1%	1.5%	2.5%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.6 min	22.9 min	21.7 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	65	59	86	20,634
Scheduled departures	1,943	1,771	31,406	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	573	29%	71.4%	9.6 min	3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	564	29%	62.9%	23.9 min	4.1%
AA American Airlines	391	20%	56.8%	33.2 min	5.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	173	9%	71.1%	18.9 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	164	8%	64.6%	32.1 min	7.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	2%	80.6%	1.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	1%	66.7%	20.5 min	3.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	20	1%	40.0%	54.4 min	10.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PBI–ATL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta	339	77.9%	2.1 min	0.9%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	226	63.3%	29.6 min	6.6%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	206	62.6%	25.6 min	6.8%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	155	60.6%	22.3 min	4.5%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	137	58.4%	21.8 min	2.9%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	124	62.9%	19.4 min	7.3%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	124	58.9%	36.2 min	2.4%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	114	69.3%	14.4 min	2.6%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	105	41.0%	43.6 min	9.5%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	93	67.7%	26.8 min	1.1%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	63.1%	52.6 min	3.6%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	54	66.7%	24.3 min	1.9%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.4%	33.8%	12,521
Late-arriving aircraft	45.6%	39.8%	23,372
National Aviation System	24.1%	20.4%	12,344
Extreme weather	5.8%	5.9%	2,961
Security	0.1%	0.1%	71

51,269 delay minutes on 589 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 August 2024?

67.2% of 1,943 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 74.6% of 1,771 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 67.2% and 4.1% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.