Flights St. Louis → Boston
STL → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Boston has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 350 flights, connecting one of the Midwest's major cities with a bustling East Coast destination that serves over 36 million passengers annually at its airport.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 462 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 1,680 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 31m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of STL-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 462 tracked STL-BOS flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 3.5% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-BOS
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 462 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Boston is 3.46% across 462 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
