Flights Seattle → Palm Springs
SEA → PSP
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Palm Springs operates with a high level of punctuality, with 84% of the total 615 flights arriving on time. The average delay for these flights is only 5.5 minutes, indicating efficient operations despite the significant annual passenger traffic at the destination airport, which serves approximately 2,981,844 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 Seattle (SEA) → Palm Springs (PSP) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 811 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Palm Springs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Palm Springs (PSP) heads south for about 1,590 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 24m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of SEA-PSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Palm Springs it is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 811 tracked SEA-PSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 3.6% 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 SEA-PSP
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Palm Springs (PSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 811 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Palm Springs is 3.58% 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.
