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Route Reliability

Washington → West Palm Beach

DCAPBI · 857 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Palm Beach International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1,783
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines78%1,063 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways67%720 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DCA–PBI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–PBI flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 67%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 67%.

Trending in the right direction.

DCA–PBI flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(258 flights)
  • Tue82%(242 flights)
  • Wed81%(237 flights)
  • Thu68%(254 flights)
  • Fri72%(269 flights)
  • Sat77%(222 flights)
  • Sun67%(265 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(542 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(368 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(363 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(313 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(161 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 67% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%111
July 202568%106
August 202576%115
September 202575%96
October 202575%118
November 202576%166
December 202569%190
January 202674%194
February 202667%175
March 202673%185
April 202683%149
May 202685%142

Based on 1,783 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.