Flights Boston → Cincinnati
BOS → CVG
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Cincinnati has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.3 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 488 flights, serving a significant portion of the 7,573,416 passengers who travel through Cincinnati's airport annually.
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) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 626 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads west for about 1,207 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 56m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of BOS-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 626 tracked BOS-CVG flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 2.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about BOS-CVG
On the Boston (BOS) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 626 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Cincinnati is 2.56% across 626 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
