Flights West Palm Beach → Boston
PBI → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from West Palm Beach to Boston operates with an average on-time performance of 67%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 24.4 minutes. The route sees a total of 713 flights annually, serving the high-traffic Logan International Airport in Boston, which handles over 36 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 West Palm Beach (PBI) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 885 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston 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 Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from West Palm Beach (PBI) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 1,929 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 50m.
Departures from West Palm Beach on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of PBI-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 885 tracked PBI-BOS flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 3.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about PBI-BOS
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 885 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-Boston is 3.84% across 885 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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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.
