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Airport month · January 2026
Logan International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 10,298 domestic departures from Logan International (BOS). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.9% reached their destination on time; 7.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BOS departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 10,624 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −10.5 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at BOS that month were on time 71.3% of the time (10,296 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 30%.
- On time 67.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
- Cancelled 7.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | BOS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.3% | 82.8% | 74.4% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 67.9% | 77.4% | 73.3% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 7.5% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.3 min | 11.4 min | 18.3 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 343 | 354 | 393 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,298 | 10,624 | 143,447 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 2,647 | 26% | 72.9% | 4.4 min | 8.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 2,626 | 26% | 58.0% | 21.1 min | 7.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,903 | 18% | 68.4% | 14.7 min | 6.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,262 | 12% | 70.4% | 10.9 min | 8.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 888 | 9% | 75.2% | 0.5 min | 5.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 421 | 4% | 79.3% | -0.4 min | 4.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 187 | 2% | 58.8% | 25.7 min | 9.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 147 | 1% | 73.5% | 5.2 min | 8.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 137 | 1% | 64.2% | 6.7 min | 5.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 63 | 1% | 50.8% | 30.1 min | 3.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 17 | 0% | 70.6% | 18.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS–DCA | Boston to Washington | 754 | 68.0% | 12.2 min | 9.5% |
| BOS–LGA | Boston to New York | 543 | 73.1% | 4.9 min | 9.6% |
| BOS–ORD | Boston to Chicago | 500 | 65.6% | 12.5 min | 6.2% |
| BOS–JFK | Boston to New York | 482 | 68.9% | 10.0 min | 8.9% |
| BOS–MCO | Boston to Orlando | 404 | 61.4% | 19.1 min | 5.7% |
| BOS–LAX | Boston to Los Angeles | 373 | 63.8% | 10.3 min | 5.6% |
| BOS–PHL | Boston to Philadelphia | 365 | 72.9% | 14.9 min | 7.4% |
| BOS–ATL | Boston to Atlanta | 343 | 66.8% | 15.6 min | 7.3% |
| BOS–SFO | Boston to San Francisco | 313 | 69.3% | 3.8 min | 4.5% |
| BOS–MIA | Boston to Miami | 305 | 70.2% | 7.2 min | 7.2% |
| BOS–FLL | Boston to Fort Lauderdale | 303 | 53.8% | 31.2 min | 5.3% |
| BOS–EWR | Boston to Newark | 297 | 76.4% | 1.1 min | 7.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BOS on time in January 2026?
72.3% of 10,298 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 82.8% of 10,624 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 7.5% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.