Flights Harrisburg → Boston
MDT → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Harrisburg to Boston operates with high punctuality, boasting a 95% on-time performance rate and an average arrival five minutes ahead of schedule. The route sees eighty-seven flights annually, each carried out by the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 aircraft, connecting the historic city of Harrisburg, whose airport opened in 1918, with one of the world's busiest airports in Boston, which handles over thirty-six 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 Harrisburg (MDT) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 114 flights monitored in recent months, 96% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.63%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.5/100 (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 Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Harrisburg (MDT) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 538 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Harrisburg on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of MDT-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 114 tracked MDT-BOS flights, 96% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MDT-BOS
On the Harrisburg (MDT) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 96% with an average delay of -6 minutes, based on 114 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Harrisburg-Boston is 2.63% across 114 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
