On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Logan International in November 2024

86.0%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,756 domestic departures from Logan International (BOS). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so BOS departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 11,142 departures with 85.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at BOS that month were on time 85.1% of the time (11,756 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 23%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023BOS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time86.0%85.9%74.4%85.2%
Arrived on time86.5%84.7%73.3%84.8%
Cancelled0.1%0.1%2.8%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.7 min10.0 min18.3 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day39237139319,180
Scheduled departures11,75611,142143,447575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways3,34328%84.1%-4.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline2,28519%89.8%-7.2 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines2,17418%87.9%-6.5 min0.0%
AA American Airlines1,28011%88.8%-5.3 min0.1%
UA United Airlines1,0769%82.3%0.9 min0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines5405%87.0%-2.7 min0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines4654%85.6%-8.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1852%88.6%-5.7 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines1792%79.3%4.4 min2.2%
AS Alaska Airlines1731%82.1%-1.5 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air390%92.3%-4.1 min0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines170%88.2%6.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS–DCABoston to Washington79390.0%-7.9 min0.0%
BOS–LGABoston to New York59591.1%-9.0 min0.2%
BOS–ORDBoston to Chicago57988.8%-4.7 min0.0%
BOS–PHLBoston to Philadelphia46387.0%-3.3 min0.0%
BOS–ATLBoston to Atlanta45786.2%-6.5 min0.2%
BOS–JFKBoston to New York42190.3%-6.0 min0.0%
BOS–MCOBoston to Orlando41487.0%-6.6 min0.0%
BOS–CLTBoston to Charlotte40289.8%-2.7 min0.0%
BOS–LAXBoston to Los Angeles39283.7%-3.1 min0.0%
BOS–BWIBoston to Baltimore37287.4%-5.4 min0.0%
BOS–SFOBoston to San Francisco36277.6%1.7 min0.0%
BOS–EWRBoston to Newark33968.1%12.1 min0.3%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier42.8%36.9%40,924
Late-arriving aircraft33.6%35.6%32,173
National Aviation System22.9%21.9%21,948
Extreme weather0.7%5.4%677
Security0.0%0.2%0
95,722 delay minutes on 1,566 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 November 2024?

86.0% of 11,756 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.9% of 11,142 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.