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Route Reliability

West Palm Beach → Philadelphia

PBI–PHL · 951 miles · Palm Beach International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,537
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines80%1,271 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines61%266 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PBI–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PBI–PHL flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

American Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

American Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 61%.

Ticking up lately.

PBI–PHL flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon76%(212 flights)
  • Tue84%(205 flights)
  • Wed85%(193 flights)
  • Thu73%(233 flights)
  • Fri74%(220 flights)
  • Sat78%(200 flights)
  • Sun71%(234 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM96%(341 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(326 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(396 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(324 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(86 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(22 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 63% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%103
July 202565%97
August 202571%103
September 202587%86
October 202581%123
November 202584%104
December 202579%154
January 202675%140
February 202677%137
March 202678%159
April 202674%162
May 202688%129

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Based on 1,537 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.