The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Boston is 3 hours, 6 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 minutes late.
16 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 41 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 1 minute late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
77%
JetBlue
66%
Spirit
58%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Boston is 3 hours, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 41 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Boston is 1237 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Fort Lauderdale
3 hours, 21 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 5m
Delta
3h 6m
JetBlue
3h 6m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

55

Distance

1237 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
28
Delta
14
Spirit
13

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Boston by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Boston by plane is 1237 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Boston?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Boston is 3 hours, 6 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 41 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 5 minutes, and JetBlue the slowest taking 3 hours, 6 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Boston?

Delta, Spirit, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Boston.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Boston?

Southwest does not fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 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 Fort Lauderdale 3 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 161 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Boston 1 minute late

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 Fort Lauderdale to Boston, Spirit is 58% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 58% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 77% 21% 2%
JetBlue 66% 31% 3%
Spirit 58% 39% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale 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)
Spirit 14 161 8 185
Delta 16 161 8 186
JetBlue 16 161 8 186

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
4pm 0.41
10am 0.71
9am 0.25
7pm 0.53
9pm 0.82
12pm 0.11
10pm 0.03
2pm 0.03
6am 0.32
8pm 1.52
11am 1.12
6pm 0.04
8am 0.49
1pm 0.25
3pm 0.08
7am 0.58
5pm 0.45

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 246
February 273
March 310
April 272
May 226
June 191
July 191
August 205
September 233
October 247
November 240
December 268

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 8
Tuesday 7.83
Wednesday 7.75
Thursday 8.25
Friday 8.04
Saturday 7.87
Sunday 8.08

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 1
Delta 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)
4pm 16 161 9 189
10am 16 161 9 188
9am 17 161 7 185
7pm 15 160 7 184
9pm 16 159 7 184
12pm 15 158 9 185
10pm 15 152 7 176
2pm 15 163 9 189
6am 15 162 8 185
8pm 15 161 7 185
11am 16 161 8 187
6pm 15 159 8 184
8am 16 162 8 187
1pm 17 162 9 189
3pm 17 163 8 192
7am 14 162 8 186
5pm 15 161 8 186
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.