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Airport month · August 2024
Logan International in August 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 13,215 domestic departures from Logan International (BOS). 70.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.9% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BOS departures were 4.9 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 12,389 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at BOS that month were on time 67.0% of the time (13,206 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 69.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
- Cancelled 3.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | BOS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.5% | 72.8% | 74.4% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 69.9% | 71.5% | 73.3% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 3.7% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.7 min | 21.1 min | 18.3 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 441 | 413 | 393 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 13,215 | 12,389 | 143,447 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 3,596 | 27% | 62.0% | 23.8 min | 3.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 2,372 | 18% | 75.0% | 5.2 min | 6.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,290 | 17% | 76.1% | 7.4 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,647 | 12% | 71.4% | 12.3 min | 3.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,147 | 9% | 73.4% | 10.3 min | 3.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 792 | 6% | 59.7% | 24.1 min | 6.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 644 | 5% | 72.7% | 16.6 min | 1.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 281 | 2% | 67.6% | 9.3 min | 1.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 195 | 1% | 73.3% | 6.7 min | 2.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 181 | 1% | 78.5% | 4.1 min | 2.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 51 | 0% | 84.3% | -10.0 min | 3.9% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 19 | 0% | 73.7% | 10.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS–DCA | Boston to Washington | 814 | 66.3% | 22.1 min | 6.1% |
| BOS–ORD | Boston to Chicago | 703 | 69.4% | 14.1 min | 2.4% |
| BOS–LGA | Boston to New York | 653 | 72.3% | 7.5 min | 8.6% |
| BOS–PHL | Boston to Philadelphia | 505 | 69.1% | 18.7 min | 5.7% |
| BOS–CLT | Boston to Charlotte | 483 | 71.0% | 9.3 min | 5.0% |
| BOS–LAX | Boston to Los Angeles | 467 | 75.6% | 7.0 min | 0.6% |
| BOS–ATL | Boston to Atlanta | 464 | 71.1% | 9.8 min | 1.5% |
| BOS–JFK | Boston to New York | 461 | 69.0% | 12.2 min | 6.9% |
| BOS–SFO | Boston to San Francisco | 427 | 67.9% | 11.1 min | 0.9% |
| BOS–DEN | Boston to Denver | 411 | 71.0% | 12.1 min | 0.5% |
| BOS–EWR | Boston to Newark | 398 | 67.6% | 11.7 min | 10.3% |
| BOS–MCO | Boston to Orlando | 389 | 55.0% | 31.5 min | 3.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BOS on time in August 2024?
70.5% of 13,215 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 72.8% of 12,389 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 70.5% and 3.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.