Flights Rochester → Boston
ROC → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Rochester to Boston has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 242 total flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which serves approximately 36,090,716 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 Rochester (ROC) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 296 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.70%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17/100 (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 Rochester the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rochester (ROC) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 551 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 7m.
Departures from Rochester on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of ROC-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rochester the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 296 tracked ROC-BOS flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 2.7% 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 ROC-BOS
On the Rochester (ROC) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 296 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rochester-Boston is 2.70% across 296 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.
