The flight time from Boston to Portland is 6 hours, 4 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes late.
23 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 33 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PDX Portland, OR 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Alaska
79%
JetBlue
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Portland is 6 hours, 4 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 33 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Portland is 2537 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Portland to Boston
5 hours, 21 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
5h 58m
Alaska
6h 6m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h6h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

11

Distance

2537 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND020406080

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Alaska
7
JetBlue
3

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Portland by plane?

The distance from Boston to Portland by plane is 2537 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 Portland?

The flight time from Boston to Portland is 6 hours, 4 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 33 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 5 hours, 58 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 6 hours, 6 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Portland?

Alaska and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Portland.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Portland?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Portland (PDX). 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 late
Taxi Out Time 23 minutes
In the Air 333 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Portland 7 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 Portland, Alaska is 79% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 79% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Alaska 79% 20% 1%
JetBlue 73% 26% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Portland, 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 21 329 5 358
Alaska 23 336 4 366

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
7am 0.05
6pm 0.23
3pm 0.03
8am 0.39
5pm 0.13
7pm 0.72

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Portland 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 28
February 24
March 27
April 25
May 54
June 70
July 84
August 83
September 62
October 57
November 30
December 31

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Portland 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 1.71
Tuesday 1.46
Wednesday 1.69
Thursday 1.71
Friday 1.69
Saturday 1.06
Sunday 1.73

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
Alaska 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)
7am 19 320 6 349
6pm 23 335 5 368
3pm 17 346 4 367
8am 24 333 4 364
5pm 22 328 5 357
7pm 22 335 4 364
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.