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Route Reliability

West Palm Beach → Newark

PBIEWR · 1,024 miles · Palm Beach International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
3,584
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines76%2,750 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways71%714 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines52%120 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PBI–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PBI–EWR flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 52%.

Ticking up lately.

PBI–EWR flights arrived on time 81% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(501 flights)
  • Tue79%(481 flights)
  • Wed76%(484 flights)
  • Thu70%(515 flights)
  • Fri77%(522 flights)
  • Sat75%(468 flights)
  • Sun69%(504 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(799 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(681 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(701 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(614 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(623 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM75%(57 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 68% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%195
July 202559%196
August 202570%214
September 202584%200
October 202569%232
November 202572%316
December 202571%385
January 202676%352
February 202679%321
March 202670%396
April 202682%380
May 202691%288

Based on 3,584 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.