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Airport month · August 2025
Palm Beach International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,008 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,943 departures with 67.2% leaving on time: a change of +7.2 points, with flights up 3%.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 71.7% of the time (2,009 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 24%.
- On time 74.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.4% | 67.2% | 72.6% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 74.1% | 65.2% | 72.9% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 4.1% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 23.6 min | 27.6 min | 21.7 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 67 | 65 | 86 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,008 | 1,943 | 31,406 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 554 | 28% | 78.2% | 2.9 min | 2.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 537 | 27% | 75.2% | 9.2 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 415 | 21% | 68.2% | 30.3 min | 0.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 233 | 12% | 78.5% | 10.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 152 | 8% | 67.1% | 33.1 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 50 | 2% | 84.0% | -7.9 min | 2.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 26 | 1% | 76.9% | 16.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 21 | 1% | 42.9% | 35.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 19 | 1% | 57.9% | 75.7 min | 5.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 1 | 0% | 0.0% | — | 100.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBI–ATL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta | 316 | 80.4% | 3.6 min | 1.3% |
| PBI–EWR | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark | 214 | 68.2% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 200 | 75.0% | 10.6 min | 4.0% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 155 | 71.0% | 4.6 min | 2.6% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 136 | 78.7% | 9.2 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 116 | 75.0% | 22.4 min | 0.9% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 114 | 63.2% | 19.6 min | 1.8% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 103 | 69.9% | 39.4 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 93 | 80.6% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 92 | 83.7% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–ISP | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip | 88 | 75.0% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 76 | 50.0% | 36.3 min | 2.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in August 2025?
74.4% of 2,008 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 67.2% of 1,943 departures left on time and 4.1% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 1.1% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.