Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Palm Springs
DFW → PSP
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Palm Springs operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 71%. Over the course of its operations, it averages a delay of 16.7 minutes per flight, based on a total of 318 flights recorded. The destination airport sees approximately 2,981,844 passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for air travel to Palm Springs.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Palm Springs (PSP) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 414 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Palm Springs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Palm Springs (PSP) heads west for about 1,808 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 41m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of DFW-PSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Palm Springs it is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 414 tracked DFW-PSP flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-PSP
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Palm Springs (PSP) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 414 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Palm Springs is 1.21% across 414 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
