Palm Beach International Airport

I love me some small airports that actually have seats, friendly personnel, and restaurants with availability. The baggage process, checkin process, and overall boarding ran smoothly and efficiently!

I always used to fly out of FLL but since my parents moved to Palm Beach, it’s been easier to fly in and out of PBI. Luckily, JetBlue flies direct from DCA to PBI so I don’t have any complaints about PBI.
I have heard a lot about the security lines being long around the country but PBI has yet to see that — at least when I’ve gone. Lines have never been longer than a handful of people, even on a Monday morning at 9:30am. Who knows if that will change, but it’s great!
There are some great options in terms of food — pizza, Starbucks, etc. Not a lot of choices, but pretty quality. My only gripe is that when I flew out at 8:30pm on a Sunday night, the Starbucks and most of the places had closed at 7pm. Otherwise, cute, small, and quiet airport!

PBI is a mid sized airport located in West Palm Beach. It has 3 different concourses were the gates are located. Since it’s not a huge airport, there aren’t any trams to take you around, but this isn’t necessary as the airport os very easy to get around. The bathrooms as exceptionally clean for an airport, and I’ve yet to see a line for it which is a bonus. There are several fast food places mixed with a few restaurants including a Guinness Restaurant I’ve wanted to try. There are a good amount of desks to use in case you need to plug in your laptop to work or something.
The car rentals are off site, but not too far away. The complimentary shuttle will get you there in 5 minutes, it also brings you back to the airport after you return the car. I dropped my car off at 3:55pm and made it to my gate by 4:20pm. That’s great since it included security, there weren’t many people. Again, a good sized airport that flies to many destinations… without having to deal with crazy Miami or Ft. Lauderdale.

This airport is one of my favorite airports because it’s fast and easy. Something you don’t hear about airports. I’ve never had a slow or delayed TSA experience — always gotten through security with a few minutes tops. Nice food choices, clean facilities, little to no stress. Definitely try to always fly out of PBI.

Convenient location for an airport to people who can skip Miami/​Fort Lauderdale airports’ craziness.
Even though it’s a small airport most of the biggest airlines offer flight all over the country. They flight to many big cities.
Check out the prices before you flight from fort lauderdale because these airlines are offering good deals when you are flying from West Palm Beach International airport.
Maybe has been a coincidence, but even TSA crew are nicer in this airport lol.

Well it’s one of the smaller airports so they will charge you more for it not being International! Nevertheless it’s Florida and Florida is beautiful the airport is clean bathroom is being maintained throughout the day very clean the checkpoint lines were long but everything went by pretty smooth and quickly enough. You can’t bring water through but if you carry an empty water bottle you could fill it up on the other side of the TSA checkpoint. If you buy it at the airport it’s because you’re rich I will not buy an 8 dollar water bottle that cost 1 dollar anywhere else you go.

Easier then most. Stuck in 1983. It might not be their fault though, taxes are low in Florida so I don’t expect everything to be up to date.
There’s something so nostalgic for me about getting off the airplane here because I’ve been doing it since I was a little babe. Family keeps me coming back, so fortunately I will return.

This airport, was by far the NICEST and CLEANEST (including the bathrooms) airport I’ve ever been in!!! And I’ve done a decent amount of traveling! Seriously, there are parts of this place that reminded me of a Las Vegas Hotel! There are plenty of places to eat, and shop and the shops have great prices for Palm Beach souvenirs, so if you forgot to pick something up, it’s not a big deal to wait till you get back to the airport.
As for the TSAs at this place, they seemed to be «bored» and found «issues» with most of the people in my line’s bags… including mine. Again, I travel by plane at least 2 – 3 times a year, and never had issues with the liquids I pack, in fact I’m not even sure the TSA knew the issue he was looking for! I found it odd that O’Hare didn’t have us take our shoes off when we left, though this place did a lot more. I get it’s for safety, but again… the security line was a little more tough, and slower getting out of Florida than I’ve been used to at other airports.
If I travel down to South Florida again, I will absolutely travel through here!

My son and I arrived at PBI on Saturday, April 16 to greet the WWII veterans returning from that day’s Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. Our Sun Pass recorded us entering the parking area at 7:33 in the evening. After the veterans were done with the welcome home ‘parade,’ we left the parking garage and headed to the Sun Pass lane at the exit. Unfortunately, my Sun Pass was denied, along with other Sun Pass users also trying to leave the airport. The collectors in the booths ignored us until one of the folks in another car got out and knocked on the window of the booth. After about 10 minutes, a woman with a walkie takie came up to my window and told me I’d have to back up and pay at another window. I told her my SP was valid and I wanted to pay right then and there and just LEAVE. She told me if I didn’t move she would call the police. There was a huge line of cars behind me and next to me. Where was I supposed to go? I also heard the same woman yelling the same thing to other drivers that she yelled to me. This was a problem in all of the SP lanes, not just mine. Finally the traffic died down a bit and I was able to get to a staffed booth. The man working there also had an attitude and barked at me to give him my SP number. How am I supposed to know my SP number? I yanked my transponder from the windshield and handed it to him. He insisted I pay by cash or credit card, which I did. Here’s the punch line — the #@&% gate wouldn’t open! We sat at the parking pay area for 22 minutes over NOTHING as there is currently $ 19.52 in my account with SP. Sooooo, today I call PBI to talk to someone about the parking incident. I was transferred to someone with an attitude and clearly didn’t speak English as a first language. I hung up. Not sure what my next move will be but I felt the need to pass this on and apologize to the people who were stuck behind me through none of our faults.

So I’m rating this Airport a ⁵⁄₅ for a couple reasons… Yes it’s small but too me… It’s not to far from MIA or FLL! I don’t mind driving a few extra miles if I need to go somewhere else in South FLA.
I think there’s maybe one or two terminals at this airport which makes it easy for you to navigate. But what really made me happy about this airport is that the TSA line did not take forever… And I finally was not Randomly Selected to participate in a screening…

Only a fraction of the size of Miami International Airport… and thankfully so. This airport is much cleaner and more appealing in almost every regard. Smaller size also means it’s easier and faster to navigate. Unless you’re way down in the Miami area, this isn’t a huge inconvenience. If you want to avoid a crush of people, you have another reason to consider PBI over MIA or even FLL.

Based on my past flights and landings from here. Here is my review of Palm Beach International Airport.
I haven’t flown from this Airport for a long time so I can’t give this a official review. But from what I remember from past flights TSA lines are long (depending on the day), Airport is clean, staff are friendly, not as packed/​full like with other Airports and gates have a nice view if you like seeing planes land, take off or park at the gates.
Funny story. Our friend that went on the Washington DC Trip — 2013, well she brought her water bottle to the Airport and through TSA. TSA took her to the back room, talked to her for like 20 minutes, and then she came back confused and no water in her water bottle. We thought it was pretty funny.
Overall, the Airport is a ⁴⁄₅ stars. The one star is lost because of the food sadly. If you get a layover or need food for lunch there isn’t that much of a selection.
Airport food/​drinks? They don’t have an amazing selection like most big Airports but they have Burger King, Starbucks, Quiznos and Chili’s.
Tip: If you leave the state/​country a lot, I suggest you invest in ‘PreCheck’ or download the ‘Mobile Passport’ app by Airside Mobile Inc to skip TSA lines.
Side note: The app is not supported in a lot of Airports. But they said by the end of 2016, it should be supported in every Airport.

Airplane delay today notwithstanding (not an aeronautical engineer but «the plane is leaking hydraulic fluid» sounds bad to me), PBI is one of my favorite airports. Maybe I’m biased as it’s my home airport, but it’s one of the easiest airports to get in and out of. It’s right off the highway, and the relatively new ramps are great. Easier than Lauderdale, which is the closest «competitor». Given the choice, I always pick PBI. They have decent food and and Starbucks, so I can get a grande nonfat misto; life is about the little things after all. Well, it’s about family, love, work, play, food, tequila, wine, beaches, and some other fun things but I digress. Anyway, I don’t really recommend this as a place to spend a 6 hour delay, but haven’t been to an airport yet where that’s the case. If my feelings change in the next 6 hours I’ll update my review. The wifi is on par with other airports, in other words, not good. They have a good amount of charging stations, so you can charge your device and Unilocal to your hearts content. As airports go, it’s about as convenient as you can get.
6 ½ hour delay update: the Quizno’s toasted sub is not bad. I wouldn’t go out of my way to come to the airport to get one though.

How I love this airport!!! There really is no comparison to anything else in the South Florida area. I love coming here, it’s so easy, non stressful, parking is a cool and relaxing and you literally can be here 45 minutes prior to your flight and everything is cool. The TSA lines are never insane like at the other airports and for us that live in Palm Beach, it’s only a 25 minute drive or a $ 24 UBER ride home.
The Delta Sky Bar here is by far one of the best that we have ever gone to and so generous that we love coming here every time that we get the chance. The airline prices are a bit higher sometimes but well worth the extra cost — not having to deal with driving down to Fort Lauderdale or Miami in that craziness.
If anyone ever gets the chance, fly out of here PBI — you wont regret it!

West Palm Beach airport is rather easy airport with a good number of flights up north. As opposed to having a lot of connections to different places, PBI has a lot of flights to the same airports over and over.
To be honest, this airport looks like the scene of the «Golden Girls» — a bit like your grandmother’s 1980s-​era Miami condo.
I didn’t really like that the rental car center is not connected to the airport. You have to take the shuttle, which runs frequently enough and it’s not like it’s very far from the airport, but it’s just one more thing to wait for if you’re rushing to get to your airplane.
There are a good number of shops outside of security, but once you’re inside of security, because there aren’t that many flights into the airport, the terminal can’t sustain many shops and food places.

I’ve only flown in/​out of PBI a couple times. It’s a pretty small airport that’s conveniently located minutes from downtown WPB. I’ve only flown Southwest here…
THE GOOD…
–very clean inside
–employees have been friendly
–TSA lines usually move quickly
–some decent food/​snack options
–not crowded when I’ve been which is nice
–lots of outlets for charging electronic devices
THE BAD…
–could use a few more seats for waiting passengers
Overall, this is one of my favorite airports. It’s pretty stress free every time I’ve come through here and that’s a big plus!

Clean and easy to move around. Not a lot of direct flights, but that has nothing to do with the airport review. This is a well kept airport, relaxing and things move reasonably quick, so nothing to complain and one of my favorite. Wished they would have more direct flights, but that’s just personal wishing.
Parking is easy, and not too expensive, at least compared to Miami, and like I said the place is neat and comfortable.

If you can choose between Fll or MIA or PBI then you should choose here.
Polite and helpful personnel. The snob appeal is high here as the geriatric crowd from WP flies to and fro from their winter summer abodes through here.
Jet blue flies out of here as does spirit the cheaper flights. So there is that convenience.
I’ve only been to part of this airport but it’s small and easy to navigate

PBI is a very large airport. As big as FLL but smaller than MIA. When they say «International,» this is an airport that truly means it. Clean, organized, lots of shopping and food options. It is clearly laid out and the security is properly planned. Excellent.
Extremely easy to access from the Interstate. Like, it has its own exit from I-​95 much like FLL. Good signage!
Free wifi? Yes!
My only complaint is that they don’t have a central rental car pavilion that is within walking distance. Maybe they’ll get there one day.

Great small airport and have found it to be cheaper than getting tickets at the larger Fort Lauderdale airport.
Not that many gates so you don’t have to come in too early to get a flight. Very clean, organized and the security process was very quick.
Plenty of parking and free WiFi.