Palm Beach International in October 2024

82.6%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,123 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,005 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 80.0% of the time (2,130 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	82.6%	85.7%	72.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	84.3%	86.4%	72.9%	85.8%
Cancelled	3.9%	0.4%	2.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	12.2 min	21.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	71	67	86	20,517
Scheduled departures	2,123	2,005	31,406	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	642	30%	80.2%	-0.8 min	5.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	546	26%	90.5%	-4.3 min	2.9%
AA American Airlines	429	20%	82.3%	5.5 min	4.0%
UA United Airlines	249	12%	82.7%	-2.8 min	2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	192	9%	86.5%	-2.7 min	4.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	1%	87.1%	-7.4 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	1%	87.0%	-11.9 min	4.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	1%	72.7%	41.1 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	331	91.8%	-3.6 min	2.7%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	231	84.4%	-0.9 min	5.2%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	223	79.4%	0.7 min	3.1%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	165	78.2%	0.0 min	3.6%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	154	84.4%	-5.9 min	5.2%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	139	80.6%	0.7 min	4.3%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	132	81.1%	22.7 min	3.0%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	129	86.8%	-11.6 min	5.4%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	118	84.7%	-4.0 min	4.2%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	105	88.6%	-6.3 min	4.8%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	82	80.5%	3.1 min	4.9%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	61	80.3%	5.4 min	3.3%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	42.7%	5,354
Late-arriving aircraft	55.7%	37.4%	9,788
National Aviation System	12.1%	16.3%	2,127
Extreme weather	1.5%	3.4%	268
Security	0.1%	0.2%	24

17,561 delay minutes on 249 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 October 2024?

82.6% of 2,123 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.7% of 2,005 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 3.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

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