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Route Reliability

Pittsburgh → Boston

PIT–BOS · 496 miles · Pittsburgh International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
2,140
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 Lines82%1,133 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways76%1,007 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PIT–BOS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

PIT–BOS flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 75%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 76%.

Ticking up lately.

PIT–BOS flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(323 flights)
  • Tue78%(299 flights)
  • Wed83%(289 flights)
  • Thu75%(317 flights)
  • Fri77%(331 flights)
  • Sat87%(234 flights)
  • Sun77%(296 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM80%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(550 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(569 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(293 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(289 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(378 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 78% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%210
July 202573%204
August 202581%212
September 202569%191
October 202568%208
November 202588%179
December 202577%163
January 202684%115
February 202682%106
March 202680%142
April 202688%155
May 202690%204

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Based on 2,140 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.