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Airport Reliability

BOS · Boston

Boston Logan International Airport

77%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
74%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.6%
Departures cancelled

Based on 143,944 departures and 143,932 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from BOS departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from BOS arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from BOS arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

When BOS gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(4365 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(35776 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(26213 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(20728 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(26916 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(23637 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(2182 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(20543 flights)
  • Tue79%(19582 flights)
  • Wed80%(19678 flights)
  • Thu74%(20967 flights)
  • Fri75%(21190 flights)
  • Sat78%(16979 flights)
  • Sun71%(20878 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 75% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%12290
July 202571%12439
August 202582%12414
September 202576%11534
October 202575%12547
November 202579%11160
December 202569%11142
January 202674%9603
February 202675%9477
March 202675%12046
April 202680%12582
May 202680%12583

Airlines departing BOS

Based on 143,944 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.