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Airport month · September 2024
Palm Beach International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,788 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,642 departures with 76.6% leaving on time: a change of +6.9 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 81.3% of the time (1,788 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 83.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.5% | 76.6% | 72.6% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 83.9% | 76.8% | 72.9% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.7 min | 18.9 min | 21.7 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 60 | 55 | 86 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,788 | 1,642 | 31,406 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 522 | 29% | 86.8% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 501 | 28% | 84.2% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 356 | 20% | 78.4% | 11.0 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 185 | 10% | 83.8% | -3.3 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 166 | 9% | 88.6% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 30 | 2% | 80.0% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 18 | 1% | 72.2% | 1.9 min | 5.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 1% | 70.0% | 7.6 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 | 314 | 86.6% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 222 | 89.6% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–EWR | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark | 209 | 85.2% | -4.4 min | 0.5% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 150 | 79.3% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 126 | 69.0% | 24.9 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 120 | 93.3% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 108 | 84.3% | 1.1 min | 0.9% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 103 | 81.6% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 94 | 77.7% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 89 | 85.4% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 69 | 81.2% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–ISP | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip | 47 | 89.4% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in September 2024?
83.5% of 1,788 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 76.6% of 1,642 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 0.2% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.