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PBI vs ISP - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
PBI

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, Florida

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Airport B
ISP

Islip, NY

Islip, New York

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric PBI ISP
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 76.9% 77.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 78.7 min 71.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 23.1% 22.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.32% 1.62%
Total Flights 302,058 54,300
Delayed Flights 69,881 11,984
Cancelled Flights 3,995 881
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

PBI - West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

Late Aircraft 47.4%
Carrier 28.4%
NAS 20.9%
Weather 3.2%
Security 0.1%

ISP - Islip, NY

Late Aircraft 45.0%
Carrier 26.4%
NAS 25.5%
Weather 3.0%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from PBI

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → PBI
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach
21,790 79.6%
PBI → ATL
Atlanta
21,779 85.7%
EWR → PBI
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach
17,961 74.9%
PBI → EWR
Newark
17,955 75.1%
LGA → PBI
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach
13,596 73.4%
PBI → LGA
New York
13,595 76.9%

Top routes from ISP

Route Flights On-Time
ISP → MCO
Orlando
7,628 77.6%
MCO → ISP
Islip
7,608 75.7%
BWI → ISP
Islip
7,398 76.7%
ISP → BWI
Baltimore
7,390 88.3%
ISP → PBI
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach
4,604 76.2%
PBI → ISP
Islip
4,599 76.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.