On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2026

Logan International in April 2026

79.5%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 12,626 domestic departures from Logan International (BOS). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BOS departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 12,413 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at BOS that month were on time 75.5% of the time (12,628 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 27%.

Every scheduled departure from BOS in April 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025BOS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time79.5%82.6%74.4%79.1%
Arrived on time78.9%80.0%73.3%78.9%
Cancelled0.3%0.3%2.8%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.9 min12.5 min18.3 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day42141439319,931
Scheduled departures12,62612,413143,447597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways3,31026%75.7%5.7 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline3,08324%80.3%0.4 min0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines2,29918%80.7%0.5 min0.5%
AA American Airlines1,48112%82.0%2.4 min0.6%
UA United Airlines1,0638%86.3%-1.9 min0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines6085%74.8%7.6 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines3072%56.4%27.3 min1.6%
AS Alaska Airlines1611%78.3%2.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1471%81.0%2.3 min1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines1071%64.5%8.7 min0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air600%88.3%-6.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BOS–DCABoston to Washington78377.9%7.1 min0.3%
BOS–LGABoston to New York64278.2%5.2 min0.5%
BOS–ORDBoston to Chicago64174.6%8.5 min2.2%
BOS–MCOBoston to Orlando52073.1%9.4 min0.4%
BOS–ATLBoston to Atlanta44579.8%-2.1 min0.7%
BOS–JFKBoston to New York44078.4%3.7 min0.0%
BOS–PHLBoston to Philadelphia41976.1%15.0 min0.0%
BOS–SFOBoston to San Francisco38169.6%12.8 min0.3%
BOS–FLLBoston to Fort Lauderdale36768.1%11.7 min0.3%
BOS–LAXBoston to Los Angeles36278.5%8.3 min0.3%
BOS–EWRBoston to Newark34884.8%-5.1 min0.0%
BOS–CLTBoston to Charlotte33990.6%-12.9 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier29.4%33.5%47,366
Late-arriving aircraft42.6%40.4%68,713
National Aviation System26.5%21.0%42,702
Extreme weather1.4%5.0%2,176
Security0.1%0.1%155
161,112 delay minutes on 2,594 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 April 2026?

79.5% of 12,626 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 82.6% of 12,413 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 0.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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