Palm Beach International in March 2025

72.5%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,436 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 72.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 3,141 departures with 71.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 72.1% of the time (3,433 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from PBI in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	72.5%	71.7%	72.6%	79.9%
Arrived on time	72.7%	72.6%	72.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.8%	2.5%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.3 min	23.8 min	21.7 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	115	105	86	20,029
Scheduled departures	3,436	3,141	31,406	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,027	30%	72.7%	12.9 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	712	21%	72.3%	11.1 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	671	20%	70.2%	18.0 min	2.2%
UA United Airlines	482	14%	72.2%	18.4 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	262	8%	79.4%	9.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	156	5%	67.3%	23.4 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	57	2%	68.4%	17.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	35	1%	91.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	1%	100.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	100.0%	-9.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	0%	100.0%	-7.0 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	398	67.8%	22.7 min	0.8%
PBI–ATL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta	352	79.8%	5.5 min	0.6%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	338	72.2%	9.2 min	1.8%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	258	70.2%	17.9 min	1.2%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	244	75.0%	11.6 min	0.8%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	213	77.5%	9.8 min	1.4%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	188	71.3%	27.4 min	0.5%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	186	69.9%	22.5 min	2.2%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	182	69.2%	8.2 min	3.3%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	160	71.3%	18.4 min	1.3%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	132	80.3%	7.6 min	0.0%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	128	75.8%	9.8 min	0.8%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.3%	33.0%	16,579
Late-arriving aircraft	52.8%	39.2%	37,606
National Aviation System	22.0%	21.9%	15,674
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.9%	1,152
Security	0.2%	0.1%	173

71,184 delay minutes on 873 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 March 2025?

72.5% of 3,436 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 71.7% of 3,141 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 72.5% and 1.2% in March 2025.

Provenance

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