The flight time from Boston to Jacksonville is 2 hours, 49 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes early.
18 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 23 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives JAX Jacksonville, FL 10 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
81%
JetBlue
79%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Jacksonville is 2 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 23 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Jacksonville is 1010 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Jacksonville to Boston
2 hours, 33 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
2h 46m
Delta
2h 51m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

22

Distance

1010 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
12
JetBlue
9

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Jacksonville by plane?

The distance from Boston to Jacksonville by plane is 1010 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 Jacksonville?

The flight time from Boston to Jacksonville is 2 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 23 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 2 hours, 46 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 2 hours, 51 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Jacksonville?

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

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Jacksonville?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Jacksonville (JAX). 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 18 minutes
In the Air 143 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Jacksonville 10 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 Jacksonville, JetBlue is 79% reliable, which means that JetBlue flights are on time 79% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 81% 18% 1%
JetBlue 79% 20% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Jacksonville, 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 17 143 5 166
Delta 20 143 5 171

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
2pm 0.17
11am 0.08
12pm 0
6am 0.18
10am 0.34
1pm 0.01
7am 0.19
4pm 0.45
9am 0.11
8am 1.07
3pm 0.16
5pm 0.26
8pm 0.01
6pm 0.01
7pm 0.17

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Jacksonville 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 90
February 81
March 88
April 86
May 119
June 98
July 87
August 115
September 102
October 105
November 111
December 102

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Jacksonville 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 3.42
Tuesday 3.29
Wednesday 3.42
Thursday 3.44
Friday 3.42
Saturday 2.42
Sunday 3.35

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
Delta 0
JetBlue 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)
2pm 15 150 5 173
11am 15 142 5 160
12pm 21 144 4 169
6am 18 148 5 175
10am 15 143 5 164
1pm 15 155 4 175
7am 16 143 5 166
4pm 21 142 5 171
9am 14 143 5 162
8am 20 142 5 169
3pm 19 145 5 174
5pm 19 145 5 170
8pm 16 138 5 159
6pm 20 131 5 157
7pm 16 142 5 163
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.