Palm Beach International in July 2025

68.5%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,056 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 68.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.3% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 2,057 departures with 67.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.8 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 64.2% of the time (2,056 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 22%.

On time 65.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
Cancelled 4.5%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	68.5%	67.7%	72.6%	69.7%
Arrived on time	65.3%	65.5%	72.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	4.5%	3.5%	2.5%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.6 min	29.1 min	21.7 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	69	69	86	21,048
Scheduled departures	2,056	2,057	31,406	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	609	30%	72.6%	7.8 min	3.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	546	27%	63.7%	25.6 min	5.9%
AA American Airlines	451	22%	63.0%	25.3 min	4.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	184	9%	66.8%	24.0 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	155	8%	49.7%	63.9 min	7.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	38	2%	63.2%	13.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	27	1%	85.2%	-7.1 min	3.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	1%	25.0%	94.8 min	4.2%
YX Republic Airline	18	1%	61.1%	11.8 min	5.6%
OH PSA Airlines	4	0%	100.0%	-18.2 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	343	80.8%	3.3 min	0.6%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	217	52.5%	56.3 min	7.8%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	199	58.8%	16.9 min	9.0%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	155	49.7%	32.5 min	11.6%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	153	62.1%	24.2 min	5.9%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	149	81.9%	7.8 min	1.3%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	113	54.0%	27.6 min	7.1%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	106	59.4%	41.5 min	7.5%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	94	64.9%	25.3 min	0.0%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	93	75.3%	21.8 min	0.0%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	92	75.0%	15.1 min	2.2%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	50.5%	36.3 min	5.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.1%	31.1%	12,763
Late-arriving aircraft	40.7%	40.8%	23,508
National Aviation System	32.0%	20.7%	18,494
Extreme weather	5.1%	7.3%	2,942
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

57,707 delay minutes on 601 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 July 2025?

68.5% of 2,056 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 67.7% of 2,057 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 68.5% and 4.5% in July 2025.

Provenance

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