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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → West Palm Beach

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

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
1,538
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines76%1,272 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines65%266 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–PBI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 62% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–PBI flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 65%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–PBI flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon74%(204 flights)
  • Tue80%(209 flights)
  • Wed87%(195 flights)
  • Thu70%(232 flights)
  • Fri69%(219 flights)
  • Sat72%(201 flights)
  • Sun68%(233 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(6 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(381 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(349 flights)
  • 12–3 PM62%(190 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(193 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(370 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 54% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%103
July 202564%97
August 202563%103
September 202591%86
October 202569%124
November 202573%105
December 202571%152
January 202672%139
February 202676%135
March 202680%159
April 202680%161
May 202689%129

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Based on 1,538 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.