The flight time from Detroit to Boston is 1 hour, 48 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DTW Detroit, MI 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 23 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
84%
JetBlue
76%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Detroit to Boston is 1 hour, 48 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 23 minutes.

The flight distance from Detroit to Boston is 632 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Detroit
2 hours, 6 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
1h 46m
Delta
1h 48m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

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

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

52

Distance

632 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
33
JetBlue
18

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Detroit from Boston by plane?

The distance from Detroit to Boston by plane is 632 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Detroit to Boston?

The flight time from Detroit to Boston is 1 hour, 48 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 23 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 1 hour, 46 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 48 minutes.

What airlines fly from Detroit to Boston?

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

Does Southwest fly from Detroit to Boston?

Southwest does not fly from Detroit (DTW) 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 Detroit 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 83 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Boston 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 Detroit to Boston, JetBlue is 76% reliable, which means that JetBlue flights are on time 76% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 84% 15% 1%
JetBlue 76% 22% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Detroit 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)
JetBlue 14 84 7 106
Delta 14 83 9 108

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
6pm 0.47
11am 0.38
7am 0.98
10am 0.99
9am 0.02
8am 0.6
12pm 0.12
5pm 0.36
6am 0.41
2pm 0.81
3pm 0.02
8pm 0.54
7pm 0.07
4pm 0.22
9pm 0.62
10pm 0.18
11pm 0.13
1pm 0.4

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit 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 232
February 212
March 240
April 230
May 241
June 215
July 223
August 240
September 228
October 238
November 219
December 194

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Detroit 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 7.67
Tuesday 7.63
Wednesday 7.62
Thursday 7.62
Friday 7.63
Saturday 6.65
Sunday 7.33

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 1
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)
6pm 13 84 10 107
11am 12 83 7 104
7am 16 83 10 111
10am 14 83 9 107
9am 14 85 6 106
8am 14 84 6 108
12pm 14 82 7 104
5pm 13 87 9 111
6am 14 84 7 107
2pm 13 85 9 109
3pm 12 86 9 107
8pm 13 82 7 104
7pm 13 83 7 104
4pm 14 83 11 111
9pm 16 81 7 106
10pm 12 86 8 107
11pm 12 81 7 101
1pm 12 86 10 111
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.