Palm Beach International in May 2026

80.6%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,545 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 2,402 departures with 69.9% leaving on time: a change of +10.7 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 80.1% of the time (2,539 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.6%	69.9%	72.6%	77.1%
Arrived on time	82.2%	70.3%	72.9%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.9%	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	26.4 min	21.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	85	80	86	20,391
Scheduled departures	2,545	2,402	31,406	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	707	28%	82.2%	2.9 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	621	24%	80.0%	5.5 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	547	21%	82.6%	8.2 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	349	14%	86.5%	-2.7 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	241	9%	82.6%	1.1 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	31	1%	71.0%	16.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	29	1%	75.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	19	1%	78.9%	-3.8 min	5.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	7.0 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	341	84.5%	-2.5 min	2.1%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	291	89.0%	-5.5 min	1.0%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	285	74.7%	7.9 min	1.8%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	178	76.4%	6.3 min	0.6%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	172	87.8%	-2.5 min	0.0%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	162	77.8%	18.3 min	1.2%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	143	81.8%	21.8 min	0.0%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	131	80.9%	5.2 min	0.0%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	131	87.0%	-3.9 min	1.5%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	118	85.6%	-4.1 min	0.8%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	105	71.4%	12.1 min	1.9%
PBI–DFW	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	75.0%	26.9 min	1.1%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.1%	33.0%	12,376
Late-arriving aircraft	40.0%	40.4%	13,352
National Aviation System	21.4%	20.5%	7,153
Extreme weather	1.4%	6.0%	477
Security	0.1%	0.1%	23

33,381 delay minutes on 424 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 May 2026?

80.6% of 2,545 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 69.9% of 2,402 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 1.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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