The flight time from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 3 hours, 15 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA on time.
19 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 48 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PBI West Palm Beach Palm Beach, FL 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
100%
Delta
79%
JetBlue
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 3 hours, 15 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 1197 Miles.

Reverse Journey

West Palm Beach Palm Beach to Boston
3 hours, 2 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
3h 13m
Delta
3h 19m
American
3h 21m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

38

Distance

1197 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
27
Delta
10
American
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from West Palm Beach Palm Beach by plane?

The distance from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach by plane is 1197 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach?

The flight time from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 3 hours, 15 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 3 hours, 13 minutes, and American the slowest taking 3 hours, 21 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach?

American, Delta, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to West Palm Beach Palm Beach (PBI). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston on time
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 168 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives West Palm Beach Palm Beach 2 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach, American is 100% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 100% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 100% 0% 0%
Delta 79% 20% 1%
JetBlue 72% 27% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and West Palm Beach Palm Beach, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
JetBlue 18 168 4 193
Delta 21 167 5 199
American 16 181 3 201

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
10pm 0
1pm 0.02
10am 0.19
9am 0.02
11am 0.08
6am 0.57
5pm 0.11
8am 0.27
7am 1.15
9pm 0.08
2pm 0.43
3pm 0.86
4pm 0.57
6pm 0.05
7pm 0.19
8pm 0.57
12pm 0.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 172
February 175
March 187
April 176
May 144
June 140
July 138
August 138
September 95
October 153
November 226
December 251

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to West Palm Beach Palm Beach that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 5.88
Tuesday 4.96
Wednesday 4.94
Thursday 5.67
Friday 5.69
Saturday 5.44
Sunday 5.77

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
JetBlue 1
Delta 0
American 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
10pm 16 170 7 193
1pm 20 174 4 203
10am 17 173 4 192
9am 16 164 4 180
11am 19 176 4 206
6am 19 165 5 191
5pm 20 169 4 199
8am 21 167 4 196
7am 22 168 5 199
9pm 16 168 4 195
2pm 16 171 5 195
3pm 20 167 5 197
4pm 19 167 4 192
6pm 18 173 3 195
7pm 20 165 4 192
8pm 17 168 4 190
12pm 15 174 4 194
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.