The flight time from Charlotte to Boston is 2 hours, 7 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves CLT Charlotte, NC 1 minute early.
19 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 40 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
85%
JetBlue
78%
American
72%
Spirit
61%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Charlotte to Boston is 2 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 40 minutes.

The flight distance from Charlotte to Boston is 728 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Charlotte
2 hours, 20 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
2h 4m
JetBlue
2h 7m
Spirit
2h 9m
Delta
2h 17m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

97

Distance

728 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
52
Delta
24
JetBlue
13
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Charlotte from Boston by plane?

The distance from Charlotte to Boston by plane is 728 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Charlotte to Boston?

The flight time from Charlotte to Boston is 2 hours, 7 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 40 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 2 hours, 4 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 2 hours, 17 minutes.

What airlines fly from Charlotte to Boston?

Spirit, JetBlue, Delta, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Charlotte to Boston.

Does Southwest fly from Charlotte to Boston?

Southwest does not fly from Charlotte (CLT) to Boston (BOS). 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 Charlotte 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 100 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Boston 3 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 Charlotte to Boston, American is 72% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 85% 14% 1%
JetBlue 78% 20% 2%
American 72% 27% 1%
Spirit 61% 34% 5%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Charlotte 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)
American 17 99 6 124
JetBlue 18 100 7 127
Spirit 20 99 8 129
Delta 24 101 10 137

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
8pm 1.25
2pm 0.9
9am 1.38
8am 0.3
0am 0.01
3pm 0.5
12pm 0.27
1pm 0.99
10pm 0.88
6pm 1.14
11pm 0.01
7am 1.17
7pm 0.54
10am 0.76
6am 0.72
11am 0.82
4pm 0.7
9pm 0.16
5pm 1.24

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Charlotte 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 357
February 351
March 408
April 453
May 501
June 456
July 463
August 436
September 419
October 449
November 404
December 391

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Charlotte 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 14.65
Tuesday 13.85
Wednesday 14.37
Thursday 14.58
Friday 14.79
Saturday 11.63
Sunday 13.98

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
American 1
Delta 0
JetBlue 0
Spirit 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)
8pm 18 100 7 125
2pm 19 101 9 130
9am 19 99 7 126
8am 16 101 8 125
0am 15 94 6 113
3pm 17 101 8 127
12pm 18 98 8 125
1pm 19 99 8 126
10pm 15 98 6 120
6pm 19 101 7 127
11pm 17 100 5 119
7am 18 99 7 125
7pm 18 100 7 127
10am 20 100 8 129
6am 20 100 11 133
11am 21 99 7 129
4pm 18 100 7 128
9pm 18 98 7 124
5pm 23 102 9 137
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.