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Route Reliability

West Palm Beach → Washington

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

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
1,784
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines75%1,064 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways62%720 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PBI–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 63% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PBI–DCA flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 62%.

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%(257 flights)
  • Tue78%(241 flights)
  • Wed74%(241 flights)
  • Thu65%(254 flights)
  • Fri60%(268 flights)
  • Sat82%(219 flights)
  • Sun59%(263 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(21 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(432 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(540 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(400 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(350 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 60% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%110
July 202561%100
August 202576%114
September 202568%95
October 202573%119
November 202571%167
December 202570%190
January 202672%195
February 202665%177
March 202666%184
April 202666%149
May 202682%143

Based on 1,784 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.