Flights Washington → West Palm Beach
DCA → PBI
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to West Palm Beach operates with an average on-time performance rate of 77%, experiencing a mean delay of 15.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 516 flights on this route using Embraer 175 and Embraer 170 aircraft, connecting Washington National Airport, which opened in 1938, to Palm Beach International Airport, a busy hub serving over 8.6 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 Washington (DCA) → West Palm Beach (PBI) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 663 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (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 Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to West Palm Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to West Palm Beach (PBI) heads south for about 1,383 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 9m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of DCA-PBI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into West Palm Beach it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 663 tracked DCA-PBI flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.5% 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 DCA-PBI
On the Washington (DCA) -> West Palm Beach (PBI) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 663 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-West Palm Beach is 1.51% across 663 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
