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Airport month · September 2025
Palm Beach International in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,818 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,788 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,816 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 81.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.5% | 83.5% | 72.6% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.7% | 83.9% | 72.9% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 12.7 min | 21.7 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 61 | 60 | 86 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,818 | 1,788 | 31,406 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 509 | 28% | 84.1% | -0.6 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 453 | 25% | 79.7% | 1.0 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 351 | 19% | 77.5% | 9.3 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 236 | 13% | 88.1% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 183 | 10% | 81.4% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 44 | 2% | 84.1% | -11.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 26 | 1% | 80.8% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 1% | 50.0% | 14.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 6 | 0% | 66.7% | 4.2 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 | 282 | 86.2% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–EWR | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark | 203 | 82.3% | 2.5 min | 0.5% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 164 | 86.0% | -6.8 min | 0.6% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 148 | 85.1% | -6.3 min | 0.7% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 113 | 85.8% | -7.2 min | 0.9% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 100 | 87.0% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 96 | 63.5% | 24.7 min | 1.0% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 92 | 44.6% | 46.2 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 90 | 91.1% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–ISP | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip | 86 | 88.4% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 86 | 87.2% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 68 | 63.2% | 25.5 min | 4.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in September 2025?
80.5% of 1,818 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 83.5% of 1,788 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 0.4% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.