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Route Reliability

Newark → West Palm Beach

EWR–PBI · 1,024 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
3,583
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines79%2,747 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways75%716 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines52%120 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

EWR–PBI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–PBI flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 52%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–PBI flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(499 flights)
  • Tue85%(485 flights)
  • Wed83%(484 flights)
  • Thu72%(516 flights)
  • Fri80%(519 flights)
  • Sat73%(469 flights)
  • Sun71%(509 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(879 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(824 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(541 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(727 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(507 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 75% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%195
July 202570%203
August 202572%213
September 202584%202
October 202574%230
November 202576%314
December 202569%386
January 202677%350
February 202680%326
March 202678%399
April 202682%378
May 202688%285

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Based on 3,583 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.