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Route Reliability

Boston → Raleigh–Durham

BOS–RDU · 612 miles · Boston Logan International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

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Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
2,811
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 Lines78%1,575 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines77%151 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways74%1,085 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BOS–RDU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

BOS–RDU flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 71%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 74%.

Ticking up lately.

BOS–RDU flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(418 flights)
  • Tue81%(364 flights)
  • Wed83%(371 flights)
  • Thu71%(428 flights)
  • Fri76%(428 flights)
  • Sat81%(293 flights)
  • Sun73%(449 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(674 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(439 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(526 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(621 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(419 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(71 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 78% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%237
July 202577%226
August 202575%228
September 202574%253
October 202574%285
November 202578%246
December 202570%246
January 202677%153
February 202675%156
March 202674%218
April 202684%243
May 202684%260

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Based on 2,811 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.