Flights Charlotte → Boston
CLT → BOS
How long is the flight from Charlotte to Boston?
The flight from Charlotte (CLT) to Boston (BOS) takes 1h 44m on average. That is the median time recorded across 5 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Boston operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 940 flights using aircraft such as Airbus A321, A319, A320, and Embraer 190, serving one of the busiest destination airports with nearly 36 million passengers 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by American Airlines, JetBlue Airways. Across 2461 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.07%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 1,170 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 44m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 34% of CLT-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 2,461 tracked CLT-BOS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 2.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 79% | 7 min | 0.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-BOS
The flight from Charlotte (CLT) to Boston (BOS) takes 1h 44m on average. That is the median time recorded across 5 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 2461 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Boston is 2.07% across 2461 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
