Flights Los Angeles → West Palm Beach
LAX → PBI
Route overview
This flight route operates from Los Angeles to West Palm Beach, utilizing Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With an average delay of 18.7 minutes and an on-time performance rate of 85%, the service maintains a relatively high punctuality despite operating at a busy origin airport that has been in operation since 1926. The destination airport, which serves over 8.6 million passengers annually, further underscores the route's significance within the regional air travel network.
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 Los Angeles (LAX) → West Palm Beach (PBI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 118 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.85%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.6/100 (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 Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to West Palm Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to West Palm Beach (PBI) heads east for about 3,743 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 6m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of LAX-PBI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into West Palm Beach it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 118 tracked LAX-PBI flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.8% 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 LAX-PBI
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> West Palm Beach (PBI) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 118 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-West Palm Beach is 0.85% across 118 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at West Palm Beach, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
