Flights Detroit → West Palm Beach
DTW → PBI
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to West Palm Beach operates with an average on-time performance rate of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 9.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 160 flights are conducted using either McDonnell Douglas MD-90 or Airbus A320 aircraft, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 8.7 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.
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The Detroit (DTW) → West Palm Beach (PBI) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 207 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.8/100 (low), 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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to West Palm Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to West Palm Beach (PBI) heads south for about 1,752 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 37m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 58% of DTW-PBI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into West Palm Beach it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 207 tracked DTW-PBI flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-PBI
On the Detroit (DTW) -> West Palm Beach (PBI) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 207 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-West Palm Beach is 1.93% across 207 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
