Is there a ground stop at PBI today?
No ground stop at PBI right now (as of 4:56 PM ET, Nov 6): the FAA lists no ground stop, ground delay program or delays for Palm Beach International Airport. In the last 12 months the FAA issued 16 ground stops and 15 ground delay programs for PBI, most often for traffic volume, holding flights on 19 days.
Live FAA delay status for Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI, West Palm Beach, FL): ground stops, ground delay programs and delays right now, what the FAA has listed for PBI recently, and how often flights here actually run late.
No: the FAA is not reporting a ground stop at PBI right now.
FAA NAS Status lists no ground stop, ground delay program, or delay event for Palm Beach Intl. Checked Nov 6, 2026 · 2156Z (4:56 PM EST); this page refreshes about every two minutes.
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Why PBI gets delayed
Palm Beach is a winter airport. Its FAA programs follow the season, with February and March the busiest months, and the most common cause was traffic volume: 61% of the 31 programs in the 12 months to October 2026. That is the snowbird and private-jet season in full swing, when more airplanes want to land than the airport and its airspace can take at once.
Wind caused about a fifth of the programs and runway work three. The typical ground delay program ran 4 h 54 min with an average delay of 79 minutes. Thunderstorms, despite about 91 storm days a year in the 20-year record, caused only two.
Written by the ATIS Alerts team from FAA Command Center advisories (October 2025 to October 2026), BTS airline on-time data (June 2025 to May 2026) and 20 years of hourly weather observations. Updated October 2026.
How long PBI delays usually last
Every FAA ground stop and ground delay program for PBI from Nov 6, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026, rebuilt from the FAA Command Center's own advisories.
Ground delay programs
15Ground stops
16Flights to PBI were held by at least one FAA program on 19 days in the last year. 58% of the stops and programs began between 11 AM and 3 PM local time.
What triggered them
PBI ground stops and delay programs by month
| Month | Ground stops | Delay programs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| March 2026 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| April 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 2026 to dateplus Nov 6-30, 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
The busiest month was February, with 10 ground stops and delay programs combined.
Source: FAA ATCSCC advisory database (fly.faa.gov), every ground stop and ground delay program advisory the FAA Command Center issued for PBI, rebuilt daily by ATIS Alerts.
Best time of day to fly out of PBI
Airline departures scheduled before 9 AM left on time 94% of the time, against 59% for those scheduled 6 to 9 PM. By weekday, Wednesday was the most reliable (80%) and Sunday the least (67%). BTS on-time data, June 2025 to May 2026; on time = within 15 minutes.
Recent FAA events at PBI
Ground stops and delay programs the FAA has listed for PBI in the last 90 days, from ATIS Alerts' own log of FAA NAS Status.
No ground stops, ground delay programs, or delay events recorded for PBI in this window. The log is complete from 2026-09-22; earlier entries come from the ATIS Alerts bot's event history and cover only the latest event of each type.
Durations are the time the FAA kept the event listed. Log complete from 2026-09-22; older rows are the last event of each type seen by the ATIS Alerts bot since 2026-07-22.
How often is PBI delayed?
Airline on-time performance at PBI, Jun 2025 to May 2026, from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
31,221 scheduled airline arrivals and 31,224 departures in the period. Best month: May 2026 (80.9% on time); worst: Dec 2025 (65.0%). 30% of arrival delay minutes were charged to weather or the National Airspace System, the categories a ground stop or ground delay program falls under.
On-time arrivals by month
Bar = share of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule; largest month had 3,380 arrivals.
What caused the delays
- 41%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%Airline (crew, maintenance, ground handling)
- 26%National Airspace System (ATC, volume, non-extreme weather)
- 4%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
Shares of delay minutes on arrivals 15+ minutes late, as reported by the carriers to the DOT.
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline On-Time Performance (reporting carriers; regional, cargo, and general aviation flights are not included). Published about two months after each month ends.
PBI ground stop FAQ
Is there a ground stop at PBI today?
No ground stop at PBI right now (as of 4:56 PM ET, Nov 6): the FAA lists no ground stop, ground delay program or delays for Palm Beach International Airport. This page rechecks the FAA's NAS Status feed about every two minutes.
How do I know if PBI has a ground stop right now?
The banner at the top of this page reads the FAA's NAS Status feed about every two minutes. A red banner means the FAA currently lists a ground stop for Palm Beach Intl; green means it does not. The official source is nasstatus.faa.gov.
How many ground stops has PBI had in the last year?
In the last 12 months the FAA issued 16 ground stops and 15 ground delay programs for PBI, most often for traffic volume, holding flights on 19 days. Source: the FAA Command Center's advisory database (fly.faa.gov).
How long do ground stops at PBI last?
In the last 12 months the FAA issued 16 ground stops for PBI. The typical one lasted 1 h 19 min, and the middle half ran 1 h 5 min to 1 h 52 min. Ground delay programs run longer: 15 of them, typically 4 h 54 min with an average delay of 79 minutes.
Does a ground stop mean my flight is cancelled?
No. It means departures to PBI are held, not cancelled. Airlines cancel on their own when the backlog cannot be recovered, so watch your carrier's updates alongside this page.
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