Flights Austin → Boston
AUS → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Boston operates with an average on-time performance rate of 68%, experiencing a mean delay of 24.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 402 flights using Embraer 190 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 36 million passengers.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 514 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 2,729 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 50m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of AUS-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 514 tracked AUS-BOS flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 3.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-BOS
On the Austin (AUS) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 514 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Boston is 3.31% across 514 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
