The flight time from Boston to Charleston is 2 hours, 27 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 1 minute in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CHS Charleston, SC 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
81%
JetBlue
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Charleston is 2 hours, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 1 minute.

The flight distance from Boston to Charleston is 818 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charleston to Boston
2 hours, 13 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
2h 26m
Delta
2h 28m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

20

Distance

818 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
11
Delta
9

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Charleston by plane?

The distance from Boston to Charleston by plane is 818 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Charleston?

The flight time from Boston to Charleston is 2 hours, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 1 minute. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 2 hours, 26 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 2 hours, 28 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Charleston?

JetBlue and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Charleston.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Charleston?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Charleston (CHS). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 Boston 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 121 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Charleston 6 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 Boston to Charleston, JetBlue is 75% reliable, which means that JetBlue flights are on time 75% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 81% 17% 2%
JetBlue 75% 24% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Charleston, 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)
JetBlue 16 121 8 146
Delta 18 121 8 148

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 0.28
8am 0.11
6am 0.14
2pm 0.05
5pm 0.05
12pm 0.48
3pm 0.17
7am 0.38
1pm 0.14
4pm 0.23
11am 0.43
10am 0.42

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Charleston 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 68
February 70
March 93
April 96
May 98
June 96
July 97
August 96
September 97
October 98
November 74
December 79

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Charleston 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 2.75
Tuesday 2.48
Wednesday 2.62
Thursday 2.71
Friday 2.75
Saturday 3.54
Sunday 3.58

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
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 17 124 7 149
8am 20 123 9 154
6am 17 116 8 142
2pm 17 128 11 166
5pm 16 124 5 146
12pm 17 120 8 145
3pm 17 120 8 147
7am 18 117 8 145
1pm 19 118 9 149
4pm 16 121 7 146
11am 17 123 8 149
10am 16 119 8 146
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.