Route Reliability
Detroit → Boston
DTW–BOS · 632 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Boston Logan International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.1%
- Cancelled
- 2,617
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Spirit Airlines77%179 flights
- 2.Delta Air Lines75%1,712 flights
- 3.JetBlue Airways74%726 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DTW–BOS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 54% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–BOS flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 67% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Not much between Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
On this route they all land within 74% to 77% on time. Pick on schedule and price.
Ticking up lately.
DTW–BOS flights arrived on time 79% 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
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon71%(382 flights)
- Tue77%(351 flights)
- Wed79%(355 flights)
- Thu75%(376 flights)
- Fri72%(388 flights)
- Sat83%(320 flights)
- Sun67%(391 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(610 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM81%(629 flights)
- 12–3 PM68%(405 flights)
- 3–6 PM54%(331 flights)
- 6–9 PM70%(249 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM70%(339 flights)
Jun 69% → May 81% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 69% | 245 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 239 |
| August 2025 | 79% | 248 |
| September 2025 | 74% | 243 |
| October 2025 | 72% | 276 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 224 |
| December 2025 | 72% | 198 |
| January 2026 | 69% | 153 |
| February 2026 | 81% | 145 |
| March 2026 | 82% | 178 |
| April 2026 | 75% | 199 |
| May 2026 | 81% | 215 |
Keep nerding
Based on 2,617 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.