Palm Beach International in November 2024

84.9%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,530 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so PBI departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 2,376 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 85.9% of the time (2,529 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 36% and air carrier 27%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	83.7%	72.6%	85.2%
Arrived on time	85.1%	85.3%	72.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.3%	2.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	13.8 min	21.7 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	84	79	86	19,180
Scheduled departures	2,530	2,376	31,406	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	873	35%	85.6%	-1.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	547	22%	84.6%	-0.6 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	541	21%	87.4%	-0.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	291	12%	73.5%	9.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	202	8%	94.6%	-7.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	29	1%	82.8%	16.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	1%	89.3%	-3.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	19	1%	78.9%	18.7 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	313	90.1%	-3.6 min	0.0%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	307	71.7%	12.1 min	0.0%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	241	85.5%	-1.0 min	0.0%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	226	87.2%	-2.9 min	0.0%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	216	85.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	166	89.2%	-2.1 min	0.0%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	148	90.5%	-10.1 min	0.0%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	143	83.9%	-1.7 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	118	78.8%	10.7 min	0.0%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	115	93.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	104	82.7%	-3.8 min	2.9%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	76	76.3%	4.3 min	0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.7%	36.9%	6,132
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	35.6%	8,519
National Aviation System	35.5%	21.9%	8,136
Extreme weather	0.5%	5.4%	112
Security	0.1%	0.2%	27

22,926 delay minutes on 374 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 November 2024?

84.9% of 2,530 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 83.7% of 2,376 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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