The flight time from Los Angeles to Boston is 5 hours, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 2 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 58 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
91%
Delta
87%
American
87%
JetBlue
76%
Spirit
53%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Boston is 5 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 58 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Boston is 2611 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Los Angeles
6 hours, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
5h 22m
Delta
5h 23m
American
5h 24m
JetBlue
5h 26m
Spirit
5h 35m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

85

Distance

2611 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
30
Delta
22
American
18
United
13
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Boston by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Boston by plane is 2611 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Boston?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Boston is 5 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 58 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 5 hours, 22 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 5 hours, 35 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Boston?

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

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Boston?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) 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 Los Angeles 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 298 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Boston 8 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 Los Angeles to Boston, Delta is 87% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 91% 8% 1%
Delta 87% 12% 1%
American 87% 13% 0%
JetBlue 76% 24% 0%
Spirit 53% 47% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles 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)
United 19 296 6 322
Delta 16 295 10 323
American 16 298 8 324
JetBlue 16 300 8 326
Spirit 14 299 12 335

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 1.31
6am 0.56
4pm 0.11
0am 0.01
12pm 0.7
8am 1.97
10am 0.96
1pm 0.21
10pm 1.75
3pm 0.76
9am 0.64
11am 0.53
8pm 0.27
2pm 0.42
9pm 0.96
11pm 0.98

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 353
February 294
March 361
April 345
May 392
June 428
July 467
August 431
September 358
October 365
November 331
December 332

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 12.77
Tuesday 11.71
Wednesday 12.31
Thursday 12.63
Friday 12.81
Saturday 10.73
Sunday 12.75

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
American 0
United 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)
7am 16 300 8 325
6am 18 301 9 329
4pm 15 295 7 320
0am 15 300 10 326
12pm 15 289 9 316
8am 18 296 7 323
10am 17 302 10 330
1pm 16 296 8 321
10pm 17 296 7 323
3pm 15 299 7 324
9am 17 301 10 331
11am 16 299 9 327
8pm 16 302 8 327
2pm 15 300 7 325
9pm 15 292 10 320
11pm 17 299 7 325
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.