Palm Beach International in July 2026

67.4%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,102 domestic departures from Palm Beach International (PBI). 67.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.2% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so PBI departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 2,056 departures with 68.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at PBI that month were on time 64.3% of the time (2,102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 67.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	PBI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	67.4%	68.5%	72.6%	68.8%
Arrived on time	67.2%	65.3%	72.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	5.3%	4.5%	2.5%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.2 min	28.6 min	21.7 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	70	69	86	21,066
Scheduled departures	2,102	2,056	31,406	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	612	29%	62.9%	17.7 min	10.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	552	26%	69.0%	15.7 min	3.8%
AA American Airlines	427	20%	72.4%	26.8 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	215	10%	63.7%	33.4 min	5.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	185	9%	73.5%	6.5 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	54	3%	55.6%	13.5 min	7.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	2%	75.7%	41.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	1%	25.0%	108.3 min	6.3%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	75.0%	15.0 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	308	77.3%	5.8 min	1.0%
PBI–EWR	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Newark	213	65.7%	29.8 min	8.9%
PBI–LGA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	208	58.7%	21.4 min	7.7%
PBI–JFK	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to New York	155	58.7%	35.2 min	14.2%
PBI–CLT	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Charlotte	154	79.9%	31.8 min	0.0%
PBI–BOS	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Boston	124	48.4%	24.3 min	12.9%
PBI–DCA	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Washington	122	57.4%	32.1 min	10.7%
PBI–HPN	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to White Plains	120	66.7%	17.9 min	5.8%
PBI–PHL	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Philadelphia	107	68.2%	34.2 min	5.6%
PBI–ISP	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Islip	93	69.9%	11.8 min	0.0%
PBI–ORD	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Chicago	93	68.8%	17.1 min	1.1%
PBI–BWI	West Palm Beach/Palm Beach to Baltimore	92	72.8%	7.3 min	2.2%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	31.7%	16,592
Late-arriving aircraft	39.7%	41.8%	22,218
National Aviation System	22.4%	19.9%	12,519
Extreme weather	7.0%	6.5%	3,924
Security	1.2%	0.1%	686

55,939 delay minutes on 556 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 July 2026?

67.4% of 2,102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 68.5% of 2,056 departures left on time and 4.5% were cancelled, against 67.4% and 5.3% in July 2026.

Provenance

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