Flights Baltimore → Boston
BWI → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Boston operates with a fleet of Embraer 190 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, serving 825 flights annually. With a 75% on-time performance rate, the average delay for these flights is approximately 13.6 minutes, connecting one of Baltimore's long-established airports, opened in 1947, to Boston's busy Logan International Airport, which handles over 36 million passengers per year.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines. Across 1113 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.22%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.8/100 (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 Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 594 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of BWI-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,113 tracked BWI-BOS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 4.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-BOS
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 1113 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Boston is 4.22% across 1113 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines.
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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.
