Palm Beach International in December 2025

66.9%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,186 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 66.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.1% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 5.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 2,966 departures with 69.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 63.7% of the time (3,191 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 70.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.7%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	66.9%	69.6%	72.6%	72.0%
Arrived on time	70.1%	69.8%	72.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.7%	2.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.3 min	24.5 min	21.7 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	106	99	86	19,410
Scheduled departures	3,186	2,966	31,406	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	910	29%	64.2%	21.3 min	2.5%
AA American Airlines	683	21%	76.9%	7.0 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	636	20%	70.9%	12.6 min	2.8%
UA United Airlines	507	16%	73.6%	15.1 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	261	8%	69.7%	10.9 min	0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	75	2%	53.3%	44.0 min	5.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	59	2%	71.2%	11.6 min	5.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	55	2%	65.5%	19.5 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	393	69.2%	16.8 min	2.0%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	321	62.3%	24.0 min	4.0%
PBI–ATL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta	320	78.1%	3.2 min	3.4%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	240	63.7%	22.2 min	1.7%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	212	66.0%	21.8 min	2.8%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	190	68.9%	15.7 min	0.0%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	158	84.2%	-2.1 min	0.0%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	156	72.4%	13.2 min	2.6%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	155	77.4%	13.5 min	0.6%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	153	57.5%	27.1 min	3.3%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	133	64.7%	18.0 min	1.5%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	126	77.0%	4.7 min	0.8%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.3%	33.3%	17,732
Late-arriving aircraft	57.3%	41.1%	40,114
National Aviation System	16.3%	19.1%	11,379
Extreme weather	0.9%	6.4%	663
Security	0.2%	0.2%	112

70,000 delay minutes on 882 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 December 2025?

66.9% of 3,186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 69.6% of 2,966 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 66.9% and 1.9% in December 2025.

Provenance

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