Flights West Palm Beach → New York
PBI → JFK
Route overview
The flight route from West Palm Beach to New York operates with a high frequency of 641 flights, featuring aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Embraer 190. With an on-time performance rate of 76%, these flights experience an average delay of 18.5 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the world, which opened in 1948 and handles over 62 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) → New York (JFK) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 809 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York 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 New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from West Palm Beach (PBI) to New York (JFK) heads north for about 1,657 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 29m.
Departures from West Palm Beach on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of PBI-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 809 tracked PBI-JFK flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 18 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-JFK
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 809 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-New York is 3.83% across 809 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.
