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Route Reliability

West Palm Beach → New York

PBI–LGA · 1,035 miles · Palm Beach International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
4.5%
Cancelled
3,164
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 Lines72%1,553 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways68%1,105 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines60%506 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PBI–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PBI–LGA flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Saturdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 72% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 60%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.5% 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
  • Mon68%(425 flights)
  • Tue70%(417 flights)
  • Wed73%(421 flights)
  • Thu64%(445 flights)
  • Fri69%(453 flights)
  • Sat76%(398 flights)
  • Sun61%(447 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(576 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(529 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(559 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(732 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(610 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 65% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%191
July 202565%179
August 202579%191
September 202588%163
October 202572%203
November 202565%269
December 202566%307
January 202672%315
February 202670%284
March 202655%311
April 202662%316
May 202678%277

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 3,164 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.