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Airport month · March 2026
Palm Beach International in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,385 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 66.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.4% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 6.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 3,436 departures with 72.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.1 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 70.1% of the time (3,380 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 66.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.7%
- Cancelled 3.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 66.4% | 72.5% | 72.6% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 66.4% | 72.7% | 72.9% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 3.5% | 1.2% | 2.5% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.6 min | 22.3 min | 21.7 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 113 | 115 | 86 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,385 | 3,436 | 31,406 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 992 | 29% | 62.1% | 26.6 min | 3.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 704 | 21% | 64.8% | 15.8 min | 5.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 676 | 20% | 70.9% | 12.7 min | 2.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 577 | 17% | 73.0% | 12.4 min | 1.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 260 | 8% | 70.0% | 12.3 min | 1.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 64 | 2% | 53.1% | 32.7 min | 1.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 62 | 2% | 38.7% | 33.2 min | 22.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 46 | 1% | 69.6% | 15.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 4 | 0% | 100.0% | -7.7 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 | 408 | 67.4% | 13.3 min | 2.9% |
| PBI–ATL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta | 347 | 72.3% | 14.0 min | 3.5% |
| PBI–LGA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 337 | 49.0% | 34.4 min | 7.4% |
| PBI–BOS | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston | 249 | 62.2% | 21.9 min | 3.6% |
| PBI–JFK | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York | 218 | 65.1% | 21.5 min | 4.1% |
| PBI–DCA | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington | 189 | 63.5% | 27.0 min | 2.1% |
| PBI–HPN | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains | 185 | 58.4% | 24.6 min | 3.2% |
| PBI–CLT | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte | 180 | 83.9% | -0.3 min | 1.1% |
| PBI–ORD | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago | 164 | 59.8% | 34.8 min | 3.0% |
| PBI–PHL | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia | 161 | 76.4% | 12.6 min | 1.2% |
| PBI–BWI | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore | 125 | 76.8% | 9.4 min | 3.2% |
| PBI–DFW | West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth | 116 | 64.7% | 2.1 min | 5.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PBI on time in March 2026?
66.4% of 3,385 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 72.5% of 3,436 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 66.4% and 3.5% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.