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Route Reliability

Boston → Memphis

BOS–MEM · 1,139 miles · Boston Logan International Airport to Memphis International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
4.1%
Cancelled
292
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 68% of the time across 292 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

BOS–MEM flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

BOS–MEM flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays and just 61% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

BOS–MEM flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(41 flights)
  • Tue69%(42 flights)
  • Wed66%(38 flights)
  • Thu66%(35 flights)
  • Fri61%(41 flights)
  • Sat86%(43 flights)
  • Sun64%(39 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM96%(23 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(38 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(51 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(165 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 57% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%30
July 202543%28
August 202583%29
September 202559%27
October 202568%28
November 202581%26
December 202567%27
March 202681%21
April 202670%30
May 202674%31

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Based on 292 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.