Palm Beach International in December 2024

69.6%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,966 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 69.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 8.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 2,810 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.8 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 65.8% of the time (2,970 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 69.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.3%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	69.6%	77.4%	72.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	69.8%	79.8%	72.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	2.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.5 min	21.6 min	21.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	99	94	86	19,686
Scheduled departures	2,966	2,810	31,406	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	963	32%	68.4%	17.5 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	612	21%	73.2%	17.2 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	598	20%	70.2%	13.0 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	392	13%	66.3%	22.6 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	215	7%	81.9%	5.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	107	4%	55.1%	26.3 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	49	2%	57.1%	26.7 min	2.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	27	1%	59.3%	16.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	100.0%	-13.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	360	63.3%	23.3 min	0.3%
PBI–ATL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta	323	79.6%	5.6 min	0.0%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	282	65.2%	17.5 min	0.0%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	250	64.4%	20.2 min	1.6%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	233	67.0%	18.3 min	1.7%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	194	77.3%	10.1 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	167	71.3%	16.2 min	0.6%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	154	69.5%	18.3 min	0.6%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	152	75.0%	20.3 min	0.0%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	122	86.1%	0.9 min	0.0%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	118	65.3%	19.7 min	0.0%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	109	74.3%	14.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.9%	34.3%	17,010
Late-arriving aircraft	58.8%	40.2%	40,108
National Aviation System	15.8%	17.8%	10,802
Extreme weather	0.4%	7.5%	299
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

68,219 delay minutes on 870 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 December 2024?

69.6% of 2,966 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 77.4% of 2,810 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 69.6% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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