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Route Reliability

New York → West Palm Beach

JFK–PBI · 1,028 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
3.9%
Cancelled
2,198
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines80%729 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways70%1,469 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

JFK–PBI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 54% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–PBI flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 70%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon71%(294 flights)
  • Tue82%(302 flights)
  • Wed78%(300 flights)
  • Thu67%(303 flights)
  • Fri75%(311 flights)
  • Sat77%(299 flights)
  • Sun65%(294 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(730 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(141 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(297 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(620 flights)
  • 6–9 PM54%(314 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 59% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%147
July 202568%137
August 202572%151
September 202577%145
October 202575%158
November 202581%200
December 202567%204
January 202669%193
February 202671%183
March 202674%209
April 202676%217
May 202691%159

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,198 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.