Flights West Palm Beach → Atlanta
PBI → ATL
Route overview
The flight route from West Palm Beach to Atlanta has a punctuality rate of 79%, with an average delay time of 12.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees nearly ninety-nine thousand flights using various aircraft models including the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Boeing 757, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Boeing 737-300, serving a destination airport that accommodates over one hundred 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 West Palm Beach (PBI) → Atlanta (ATL) route is operated by Air France, Alaska Airlines, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1330 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.05%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Atlanta: what to expect in this direction
Flying from West Palm Beach (PBI) to Atlanta (ATL) heads north-west for about 878 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from West Palm Beach on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of PBI-ATL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Atlanta it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,330 tracked PBI-ATL flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.1% 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% |
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about PBI-ATL
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> Atlanta (ATL) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 1330 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-Atlanta is 1.05% across 1330 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 6 airlines: Air France, Alaska Airlines, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Southwest 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.
