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Airport month · July 2024

Logan International in July 2024

71.3%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 12,953 domestic departures from Logan International (BOS). 71.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.2% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so BOS departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BOS that month were on time 68.4% of the time (12,957 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 26%.

Every scheduled departure from BOS in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierBOS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time71.3%—74.4%68.5%
Arrived on time70.2%—73.3%68.1%
Cancelled2.9%—2.8%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.2 min—18.3 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day432—39321,154
Scheduled departures12,953—143,447634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways3,41226%70.8%13.7 min0.6%
YX Republic Airline2,33218%74.4%8.8 min1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines2,31018%68.1%14.8 min6.1%
AA American Airlines1,63213%71.6%13.0 min2.2%
UA United Airlines1,1599%70.2%15.3 min4.5%
NK Spirit Airlines7416%53.6%25.3 min8.5%
WN Southwest Airlines6555%72.5%9.6 min0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines3102%70.3%5.2 min0.3%
MQ Envoy Air1821%68.7%16.1 min1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines1241%71.8%11.9 min2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air741%86.5%-4.0 min4.1%
HA Hawaiian Airlines220%81.8%0.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS–DCABoston to Washington83073.9%13.0 min1.3%
BOS–LGABoston to New York67374.3%10.8 min3.7%
BOS–ORDBoston to Chicago67068.4%12.3 min3.7%
BOS–PHLBoston to Philadelphia49574.7%15.7 min2.4%
BOS–CLTBoston to Charlotte46571.8%9.1 min2.6%
BOS–JFKBoston to New York45970.6%15.0 min2.4%
BOS–SFOBoston to San Francisco44374.0%3.1 min3.4%
BOS–LAXBoston to Los Angeles43072.1%12.8 min1.9%
BOS–ATLBoston to Atlanta42564.7%23.7 min4.5%
BOS–DFWBoston to Dallas/Fort Worth40565.7%20.2 min2.7%
BOS–EWRBoston to Newark40560.2%26.2 min6.7%
BOS–DENBoston to Denver38873.7%7.7 min3.4%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier38.5%36.6%102,951
Late-arriving aircraft34.5%42.7%92,354
National Aviation System25.7%16.0%68,895
Extreme weather1.1%4.6%2,863
Security0.2%0.1%573
267,636 delay minutes on 3,439 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 July 2024?

71.3% of 12,953 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 2023 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 July 2024; 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.