Palm Beach International in May 2025

69.9%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,402 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 69.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 2,420 departures with 74.0% leaving on time: a change of −4.1 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 70.5% of the time (2,400 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 40%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and air carrier 22%.

On time 70.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	69.9%	74.0%	72.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	70.3%	72.3%	72.9%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.9%	2.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.4 min	24.7 min	21.7 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	80	81	86	20,188
Scheduled departures	2,402	2,420	31,406	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	671	28%	71.4%	15.8 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	616	26%	71.4%	15.4 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	533	22%	73.4%	16.8 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	235	10%	47.2%	61.0 min	3.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	215	9%	77.7%	5.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	36	1%	72.2%	9.0 min	2.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	34	1%	79.4%	-0.5 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	32	1%	78.1%	13.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	20	1%	85.0%	7.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	10	0%	50.0%	34.1 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	346	77.2%	5.4 min	0.6%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	255	43.9%	65.5 min	4.3%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	233	67.8%	23.1 min	1.7%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	187	83.4%	10.1 min	0.5%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	165	64.8%	27.7 min	0.0%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	155	78.1%	5.3 min	0.0%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	152	69.1%	19.9 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	142	71.1%	17.1 min	0.7%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	123	61.8%	25.6 min	0.0%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	119	79.8%	4.2 min	0.0%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	113	74.3%	7.3 min	0.9%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	68.9%	20.3 min	1.1%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.5%	29.3%	12,851
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	37.8%	21,620
National Aviation System	39.9%	25.9%	23,809
Extreme weather	2.3%	6.9%	1,389
Security	0.0%	0.1%	29

59,698 delay minutes on 681 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 May 2025?

69.9% of 2,402 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 74.0% of 2,420 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 69.9% and 0.9% in May 2025.

Provenance

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