Flights Jacksonville → Boston
JAX → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Boston operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 11 minutes. The route sees approximately 395 total flights annually, utilizing aircraft such as the Embraer 190 and Canadair Regional Jet 900, serving a highly trafficked destination airport that accommodates 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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 485 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.8/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 1,626 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 27m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of JAX-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 485 tracked JAX-BOS flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.7% 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% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about JAX-BOS
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 485 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Boston is 2.68% across 485 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: JetBlue Airways, 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.
