Flights Palm Springs → San Francisco
PSP → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Palm Springs to San Francisco operates with a high frequency of 795 flights, primarily using Boeing 737 and Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 73%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 17 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with over 50 million passengers per year.
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 Palm Springs (PSP) → San Francisco (SFO) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1013 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.99%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes.
Heading to San Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to San Francisco (SFO) heads north-west for about 677 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of PSP-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,013 tracked PSP-SFO flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about PSP-SFO
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1013 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-San Francisco is 0.99% across 1013 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 5 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, United 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.
