Flights Boston → Baltimore
BOS → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Baltimore operates with a high level of punctuality, with 79% of flights arriving on time. The average delay for the remaining flights is approximately 10.5 minutes. This busy route sees around 821 total flights annually and uses aircraft such as the Embraer 190 and Boeing 737-300 to serve Baltimore/Washington International Airport, which opened in 1947 and currently handles over 22.8 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 Boston (BOS) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines. Across 1102 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Baltimore (BWI) heads south-west for about 594 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of BOS-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,102 tracked BOS-BWI flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 3.9% 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 BOS-BWI
On the Boston (BOS) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 1102 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Baltimore is 3.90% across 1102 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.
