Flights West Palm Beach → New York
PBI → LGA
Route overview
The flight route from West Palm Beach to New York operates with a mix of aircraft including Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Embraer 190, and Airbus A319. With approximately 66% of flights arriving on time, the route experiences an average delay of 27 minutes per flight, based on a total of 970 flights recorded. The destination airport serves over 29 million passengers annually, indicating high traffic volume.
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 (LGA) route is operated by American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 1267 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.66%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.5/100 (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 (LGA) heads north for about 1,668 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 30m.
Departures from West Palm Beach on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of PBI-LGA 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 1,267 tracked PBI-LGA flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 4.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about PBI-LGA
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> New York (LGA) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 1267 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-New York is 4.66% across 1267 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines.
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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.
