The flight time from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 2 hours, 54 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY 1 minute early.
21 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 25 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PBI West Palm Beach Palm Beach, FL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
100%
Spirit
89%
Delta
77%
JetBlue
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 2 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 25 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 1035 Miles.

Reverse Journey

West Palm Beach Palm Beach to New York
2 hours, 41 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 46m
Delta
2h 54m
JetBlue
2h 54m
American
3h 6m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

52

Distance

1035 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
27
JetBlue
24
Spirit
1
American
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from West Palm Beach Palm Beach by plane?

The distance from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach by plane is 1035 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach?

The flight time from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach is 2 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 25 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 46 minutes, and American the slowest taking 3 hours, 6 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach?

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

Does Southwest fly from New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach?

Southwest does not fly from New York (LGA) 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 New York 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 21 minutes
In the Air 145 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives West Palm Beach Palm Beach 7 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 New York to West Palm Beach Palm Beach, Spirit is 89% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 89% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 100% 0% 0%
Spirit 89% 7% 4%
Delta 77% 20% 3%
JetBlue 73% 26% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
Spirit 14 145 5 166
Delta 21 144 5 174
JetBlue 22 146 4 174
American 27 155 4 186

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
5pm 0.2
6pm 0.23
6am 0.07
2pm 1.1
8pm 0.21
12pm 0.1
4pm 0.33
3pm 0.77
10am 0.12
8am 0
1pm 0.1
9am 0.8
11am 0.94
7am 1.35
7pm 1.04

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 237
February 233
March 274
April 256
May 217
June 202
July 213
August 213
September 182
October 217
November 255
December 252

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 7.79
Tuesday 7.6
Wednesday 7.73
Thursday 7.79
Friday 7.81
Saturday 6.42
Sunday 7.77

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
Delta 1
JetBlue 0
Spirit 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)
5pm 22 144 4 174
6pm 21 143 5 174
6am 18 147 5 170
2pm 22 147 4 174
8pm 22 145 4 173
12pm 19 148 4 172
4pm 21 148 4 180
3pm 24 148 4 179
10am 24 146 5 183
8am 11 147 4 162
1pm 17 152 5 176
9am 22 145 4 173
11am 22 145 5 177
7am 19 143 5 169
7pm 22 143 5 173
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.