Palm Beach International in April 2026

74.7%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,067 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 3,003 departures with 78.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 75.7% of the time (3,068 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 70.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	74.7%	78.5%	72.6%	79.1%
Arrived on time	70.5%	79.4%	72.9%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.5%	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.6 min	17.9 min	21.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	102	100	86	19,931
Scheduled departures	3,067	3,003	31,406	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	902	29%	64.3%	20.4 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	658	21%	71.7%	9.1 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	611	20%	73.0%	21.8 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	502	16%	81.7%	1.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	239	8%	73.6%	5.6 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	76	2%	43.4%	42.3 min	3.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	40	1%	45.0%	33.2 min	10.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	1%	70.3%	8.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	100.0%	-16.5 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	383	79.9%	1.2 min	0.8%
PBI–ATL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Atlanta	337	78.3%	1.5 min	0.6%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	322	59.9%	28.4 min	0.9%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	237	60.3%	22.2 min	0.0%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	220	71.4%	13.3 min	0.9%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	186	77.4%	15.6 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	163	72.4%	25.7 min	0.6%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	150	62.0%	13.3 min	1.3%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	149	65.1%	18.7 min	0.0%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	124	63.7%	35.4 min	1.6%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	118	77.1%	2.9 min	0.8%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	106	63.2%	17.0 min	0.9%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.5%	33.5%	17,887
Late-arriving aircraft	48.1%	40.4%	31,330
National Aviation System	23.3%	21.0%	15,164
Extreme weather	0.8%	5.0%	541
Security	0.3%	0.1%	189

65,111 delay minutes on 872 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 April 2026?

74.7% of 3,067 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 78.5% of 3,003 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 0.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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