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Route Reliability

Richmond → Boston

RIC–BOS · 473 miles · Richmond International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
1,693
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 Lines81%938 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways76%755 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RIC–BOS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RIC–BOS flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

RIC–BOS flights arrived on time 85% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(252 flights)
  • Tue77%(233 flights)
  • Wed85%(229 flights)
  • Thu81%(246 flights)
  • Fri75%(257 flights)
  • Sat88%(192 flights)
  • Sun74%(237 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(580 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(276 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(366 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(49 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(375 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 80% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%147
July 202580%142
August 202585%148
September 202571%161
October 202574%171
November 202578%164
December 202568%139
January 202681%89
February 202683%83
March 202680%125
April 202690%128
May 202685%149

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Based on 1,693 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.