Flights West Palm Beach → Newark
PBI → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from West Palm Beach to Newark operates with a mix of aircraft including Airbus A320, Boeing 737 series, Airbus A319, and Boeing 757-200 models. With an average delay time of 13.5 minutes and a 78% on-time performance rate based on 1141 total flights recorded, the route demonstrates relatively high punctuality despite occasional delays. The destination airport, Newark, which opened in 2001, handles over 43 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) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, United Airlines. Across 1482 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark 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 Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from West Palm Beach (PBI) to Newark (EWR) heads north for about 1,650 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 29m.
Departures from West Palm Beach on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of PBI-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,482 tracked PBI-EWR flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 7.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about PBI-EWR
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 1482 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-Newark is 7.02% across 1482 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, United 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.
