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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Boston

LAX–BOS · 2,611 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
4,659
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines86%716 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines80%1,226 flights
  3. 3.JetBlue Airways78%1,623 flights
  4. 4.American Airlines77%1,094 flights

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

LAX–BOS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 67% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Saturdays against 75% on Sundays.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 77%.

Ticking up lately.

LAX–BOS flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon80%(675 flights)
  • Tue82%(648 flights)
  • Wed78%(659 flights)
  • Thu78%(680 flights)
  • Fri82%(685 flights)
  • Sat82%(567 flights)
  • Sun75%(679 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(1493 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM67%(697 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(718 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(288 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(140 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(1257 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 83% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%393
July 202580%439
August 202588%431
September 202574%363
October 202573%399
November 202581%370
December 202576%375
January 202675%352
February 202679%321
March 202679%387
April 202678%363
May 202683%400

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Based on 4,659 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.