The flight time from Baltimore to Boston is 1 hour, 21 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BWI Baltimore, MD 1 minute late.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
84%
JetBlue
79%
Southwest
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Baltimore to Boston is 1 hour, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour.

The flight distance from Baltimore to Boston is 369 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Baltimore
1 hour, 27 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 19m
JetBlue
1h 24m
Delta
1h 26m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h1h 15m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

82

Distance

369 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
50
JetBlue
16
Delta
16

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Baltimore from Boston by plane?

The distance from Baltimore to Boston by plane is 369 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Baltimore to Boston?

The flight time from Baltimore to Boston is 1 hour, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 19 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 26 minutes.

What airlines fly from Baltimore to Boston?

Southwest, JetBlue, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Baltimore to Boston.

Does Southwest fly from Baltimore to Boston?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Baltimore (BWI) to Boston (BOS). On average, they have 50 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Baltimore 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 60 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Boston 2 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Baltimore to Boston, Southwest is 75% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 75% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 84% 14% 2%
JetBlue 79% 19% 2%
Southwest 75% 24% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Baltimore and Boston, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 13 60 5 79
JetBlue 15 60 7 84
Delta 14 61 10 86

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
9am 0.65
10am 0.87
4pm 0.59
9pm 0.34
11am 0.95
3pm 0.75
6am 0.96
8am 0.51
8pm 0.55
10pm 0.56
2pm 0.96
7am 0.36
5pm 0.74
1pm 0.16
6pm 1.2
11pm 0
12pm 0.57
7pm 0.85

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Baltimore to Boston that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 331
February 312
March 363
April 373
May 410
June 361
July 373
August 372
September 353
October 364
November 353
December 337

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Baltimore to Boston that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 12.88
Tuesday 12.73
Wednesday 12.5
Thursday 12.88
Friday 12.92
Saturday 8.42
Sunday 10.38

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 1
JetBlue 0
Delta 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
9am 15 60 5 82
10am 14 60 7 83
4pm 13 60 7 82
9pm 12 59 5 77
11am 13 59 6 79
3pm 13 61 6 84
6am 13 59 5 78
8am 17 61 6 86
8pm 14 61 6 80
10pm 11 59 4 76
2pm 13 59 7 81
7am 13 59 5 80
5pm 14 60 8 85
1pm 13 60 5 79
6pm 14 61 6 82
11pm 10 55 5 70
12pm 13 59 6 80
7pm 13 61 7 82
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.