Palm Beach International in February 2026

70.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,973 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 70.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.0% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 7.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 2,853 departures with 69.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 69.2% of the time (2,970 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 70.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from PBI in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	70.9%	69.8%	72.6%	78.1%
Arrived on time	70.0%	72.6%	72.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	4.8%	1.8%	2.5%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	26.4 min	21.7 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	99	95	86	17,168
Scheduled departures	2,973	2,853	31,406	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	891	30%	59.3%	21.2 min	8.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	621	21%	73.8%	11.6 min	3.4%
AA American Airlines	602	20%	75.4%	12.7 min	2.2%
UA United Airlines	457	15%	81.4%	3.1 min	3.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	249	8%	71.5%	9.0 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	62	2%	46.8%	50.2 min	4.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	52	2%	61.5%	28.3 min	9.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	36	1%	77.8%	4.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	100.0%	-17.0 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	350	72.0%	9.8 min	7.7%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	311	62.7%	17.7 min	8.4%
PBI–ATL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta	305	79.0%	6.5 min	0.0%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	227	59.0%	26.5 min	9.3%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	203	66.0%	19.9 min	8.9%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	177	63.8%	25.2 min	0.0%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	153	83.0%	5.0 min	2.6%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	153	57.5%	16.6 min	9.2%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	144	73.6%	12.8 min	4.9%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	134	58.2%	17.7 min	5.2%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	131	71.8%	27.8 min	0.0%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	101	75.2%	5.0 min	4.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.0%	38.2%	19,588
Late-arriving aircraft	45.4%	37.2%	26,194
National Aviation System	19.1%	18.5%	11,004
Extreme weather	1.5%	6.0%	875
Security	0.0%	0.2%	11

57,672 delay minutes on 741 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 February 2026?

70.9% of 2,973 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 69.8% of 2,853 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 70.9% and 4.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.