Flights West Palm Beach → Boston
PBI → BOS
How long is the flight from West Palm Beach to Boston?
The flight from West Palm Beach (PBI) to Boston (BOS) takes about 2h 50m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
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 1313 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.96%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 5.5 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 44% of PBI-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,313 tracked PBI-BOS flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 4.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 79% | 7 min | 0.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PBI-BOS
The flight from West Palm Beach (PBI) to Boston (BOS) takes about 2h 50m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 1313 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-Boston is 3.96% across 1313 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.
