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Airport month · August 2023

Logan International in August 2023

72.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 12,389 domestic departures from Logan International (BOS). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.5% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BOS departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BOS that month were on time 70.0% of the time (12,390 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from BOS in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierBOS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time72.8%—74.4%76.7%
Arrived on time71.5%—73.3%76.9%
Cancelled1.4%—2.8%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.1 min—18.3 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day413—39320,100
Scheduled departures12,389—143,447602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways3,61429%61.4%23.5 min2.1%
DL Delta Air Lines2,33519%75.7%8.1 min1.1%
YX Republic Airline2,08917%82.8%-1.8 min1.3%
AA American Airlines1,47912%74.4%13.0 min1.1%
UA United Airlines1,1069%77.8%5.4 min0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines6055%68.8%14.0 min1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines4634%55.1%33.4 min1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines2572%69.3%8.3 min0.4%
MQ Envoy Air1801%74.4%9.8 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1521%75.0%20.8 min2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air460%91.3%0.8 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines410%73.2%8.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS–DCABoston to Washington76174.8%6.9 min1.8%
BOS–LGABoston to New York61180.2%0.9 min1.6%
BOS–ORDBoston to Chicago58574.0%15.8 min1.2%
BOS–JFKBoston to New York48668.3%16.1 min2.1%
BOS–ATLBoston to Atlanta44670.9%18.1 min1.6%
BOS–SFOBoston to San Francisco44372.9%8.7 min0.7%
BOS–CLTBoston to Charlotte43672.2%10.9 min1.4%
BOS–LAXBoston to Los Angeles43260.0%27.8 min0.9%
BOS–MCOBoston to Orlando41559.8%29.1 min1.2%
BOS–PHLBoston to Philadelphia39976.7%10.8 min1.3%
BOS–BWIBoston to Baltimore38871.6%10.4 min1.8%
BOS–DENBoston to Denver35872.1%8.1 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier38.8%36.7%95,234
Late-arriving aircraft37.4%42.2%91,692
National Aviation System20.9%15.7%51,279
Extreme weather2.5%5.1%6,050
Security0.5%0.2%1,157
245,412 delay minutes on 3,315 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BOS on time in August 2023?

72.8% of 12,389 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BOS · methodology · corrections.