Flights Orlando → Boston
MCO → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Orlando to Boston operates with a mix of aircraft including Airbus A320, Embraer 190, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, and Boeing 717. With an average delay time of 16.9 minutes per flight, the route maintains a punctuality rate of 74%, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with over 36 million passengers.
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 Orlando (MCO) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 1879 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (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 Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Orlando (MCO) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 1,806 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 41m.
Departures from Orlando on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of MCO-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Orlando the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,879 tracked MCO-BOS flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 3.5% 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 MCO-BOS
On the Orlando (MCO) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 1879 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Orlando-Boston is 3.46% across 1879 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.
