Flights Raleigh-durham → Boston
RDU → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Raleigh-Durham to Boston operates with an 84% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 7.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 637 flights using aircraft such as the Embraer 190, Canadair Regional Jet 900, and Canadair Regional Jet 700, serving a destination airport that handles 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 Raleigh-durham (RDU) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 819 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.7/100 (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 Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Raleigh-durham (RDU) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 984 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 39m.
Departures from Raleigh-durham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of RDU-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 819 tracked RDU-BOS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.8% 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 RDU-BOS
On the Raleigh-durham (RDU) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 819 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Raleigh-durham-Boston is 2.81% across 819 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.
