Flights West Palm Beach → Washington
PBI → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from West Palm Beach to Washington operates with an average on-time performance of 66%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 24.9 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 515 total flights on this route, utilizing Embraer 170 and 175 aircraft models, serving a destination airport that opened in 1938 and currently handles approximately 25,453,581 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) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 662 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.9/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington 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 Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from West Palm Beach (PBI) to Washington (DCA) heads north for about 1,383 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 9m.
Departures from West Palm Beach on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 52% of PBI-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing West Palm Beach the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 662 tracked PBI-DCA flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PBI-DCA
On the West Palm Beach (PBI) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 662 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on West Palm Beach-Washington is 1.21% across 662 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
