Flights Palm Springs → Seattle
PSP → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Palm Springs to Seattle operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 84%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 615 flights, each typically experiencing a mean delay of just under ten minutes. The Boeing 737-400 aircraft serves this busy corridor to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which handles over 52 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 Palm Springs (PSP) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 811 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Seattle 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 Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to Seattle (SEA) heads north for about 1,590 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 24m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of PSP-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 811 tracked PSP-SEA flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 4.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about PSP-SEA
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 811 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-Seattle is 4.69% across 811 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
