The flight time from Miami to Boston is 3 hours, 13 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MIA Miami, FL on time.
18 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 45 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Frontier
81%
Spirit
80%
American
76%
Delta
69%
JetBlue
61%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Miami to Boston is 3 hours, 13 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 45 minutes.

The flight distance from Miami to Boston is 1258 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to Miami
3 hours, 27 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
3h 12m
Spirit
3h 14m
Delta
3h 14m
JetBlue
3h 14m
Frontier
3h 18m
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

72

Distance

1258 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
41
Delta
12
Spirit
8
JetBlue
8
Frontier
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Miami from Boston by plane?

The distance from Miami to Boston by plane is 1258 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Miami to Boston?

The flight time from Miami to Boston is 3 hours, 13 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 45 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 3 hours, 12 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 18 minutes.

What airlines fly from Miami to Boston?

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

Does Southwest fly from Miami to Boston?

Southwest does not fly from Miami (MIA) 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 Miami on time
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 165 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Boston 2 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 Miami to Boston, Delta is 69% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 69% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Frontier 81% 16% 3%
Spirit 80% 18% 2%
American 76% 23% 1%
Delta 69% 29% 2%
JetBlue 61% 35% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Miami 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 19 165 7 192
Spirit 16 166 9 194
Delta 20 164 8 194
JetBlue 18 166 8 194
Frontier 17 167 9 198

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
5am 0.01
7pm 1.44
6pm 0.18
3pm 0.49
12pm 0.9
4pm 0.37
9pm 1.01
5pm 0.69
11am 1.92
6am 0.59
8pm 0.56
9am 0.17
10pm 0.01
8am 0.72
10am 0.33
1pm 0.11
2pm 0.63
7am 0.02

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Miami 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 293
February 258
March 319
April 361
May 369
June 275
July 295
August 329
September 274
October 302
November 327
December 351

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Miami 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 10.08
Tuesday 10.42
Wednesday 10.29
Thursday 10.42
Friday 10.25
Saturday 9.9
Sunday 10.81

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
Spirit 0
JetBlue 0
Frontier 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)
5am 14 154 11 181
7pm 21 165 7 195
6pm 17 166 7 191
3pm 15 166 8 193
12pm 18 166 7 193
4pm 14 167 8 191
9pm 21 163 6 192
5pm 19 165 6 192
11am 18 164 8 193
6am 16 169 9 194
8pm 21 164 7 194
9am 18 165 7 191
10pm 29 159 6 195
8am 19 164 7 191
10am 21 167 7 195
1pm 15 166 7 192
2pm 16 166 9 194
7am 14 165 8 184
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.