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Route Reliability

Boston → Atlanta

BOSATL · 946 miles · Boston Logan International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
4,903
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines82%3,656 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways70%849 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines66%349 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (49 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BOS–ATL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 53% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BOS–ATL flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 66%.

Trending in the right direction.

BOS–ATL flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(716 flights)
  • Tue79%(665 flights)
  • Wed87%(670 flights)
  • Thu79%(718 flights)
  • Fri80%(726 flights)
  • Sat77%(578 flights)
  • Sun72%(721 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(366 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(989 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(934 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(781 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(864 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(784 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM53%(76 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 77% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%431
July 202574%417
August 202583%396
September 202583%400
October 202582%422
November 202579%407
December 202570%406
January 202673%317
February 202676%306
March 202681%394
April 202682%441
May 202682%457

Based on 4,903 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.