Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → West Palm Beach
DFW → PBI
How long is the flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to West Palm Beach?
The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to West Palm Beach (PBI) takes about 2h 38m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to West Palm Beach, operated by a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, sees an average of 300 flights per year. With a punctuality rate of 68%, these flights experience an average delay of 17.7 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 8.6 million passengers annually.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → West Palm Beach (PBI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 685 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.63%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to West Palm Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to West Palm Beach (PBI) heads east for about 1,772 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 38m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of DFW-PBI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into West Palm Beach it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 685 tracked DFW-PBI flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 2.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-PBI
The flight from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to West Palm Beach (PBI) takes about 2h 38m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> West Palm Beach (PBI) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 685 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-West Palm Beach is 2.63% across 685 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.
