Flights Baltimore → West Palm Beach
BWI → PBI
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to West Palm Beach operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 72%. Over the past period, it experienced an average delay of 17.2 minutes per flight out of a total of 344 flights.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → West Palm Beach (PBI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 467 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to West Palm Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to West Palm Beach (PBI) heads south for about 1,425 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 12m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of BWI-PBI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into West Palm Beach it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 467 tracked BWI-PBI flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-PBI
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> West Palm Beach (PBI) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 467 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-West Palm Beach is 1.71% across 467 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
