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Airport month · February 2025
Palm Beach International in February 2025
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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,853 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 69.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 9.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 2,817 departures with 81.4% leaving on time: a change of −11.6 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 68.4% of the time (2,855 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 72.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.3%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.4%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.8% | 81.4% | 72.6% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 72.6% | 81.5% | 72.9% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.4 min | 15.4 min | 21.7 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 95 | 94 | 86 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,853 | 2,817 | 31,406 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 849 | 30% | 68.1% | 14.9 min | 2.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 588 | 21% | 74.1% | 14.6 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 564 | 20% | 76.6% | 16.1 min | 2.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 399 | 14% | 72.9% | 13.4 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 204 | 7% | 81.4% | 4.4 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 117 | 4% | 67.5% | 26.7 min | 0.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 44 | 2% | 79.5% | 20.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 41 | 1% | 53.7% | 35.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 36 | 1% | 69.4% | 5.8 min | 2.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 9 | 0% | 55.6% | 61.6 min | 22.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 2 | 0% | 100.0% | -16.5 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 | 333 | 75.1% | 12.6 min | 1.2% |
| PBI–ATL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta | 298 | 80.5% | 4.6 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 289 | 71.3% | 10.2 min | 1.4% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 236 | 67.8% | 18.7 min | 3.8% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 198 | 70.2% | 23.7 min | 2.0% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 175 | 84.6% | 0.3 min | 1.7% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 165 | 57.0% | 48.5 min | 4.2% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 163 | 73.6% | 18.7 min | 4.3% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 144 | 64.6% | 20.8 min | 4.2% |
| PBI–ORD | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago | 138 | 68.8% | 21.9 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 110 | 83.6% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–ISP | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip | 104 | 71.2% | 20.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in February 2025?
69.8% of 2,853 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 81.4% of 2,817 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 69.8% and 1.8% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.