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Route Reliability

Buffalo → Boston

BUF–BOS · 395 miles · Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1,167
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines82%201 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways73%966 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BUF–BOS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 52% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

BUF–BOS flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 69%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

BUF–BOS flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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
  • Mon78%(173 flights)
  • Tue79%(158 flights)
  • Wed79%(151 flights)
  • Thu70%(176 flights)
  • Fri69%(181 flights)
  • Sat79%(136 flights)
  • Sun73%(172 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(341 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(310 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(223 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(138 flights)
  • 6–9 PM52%(135 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 76% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%101
July 202562%122
August 202584%123
September 202571%87
October 202569%103
November 202579%85
December 202561%66
January 202655%47
February 202669%35
March 202676%109
April 202676%104
May 202690%165

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Based on 1,167 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.