The flight time from San Diego to Boston is 5 hours, 28 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SAN San Diego, CA 2 minutes early.
20 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 56 minutes in the air
10 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BOS Boston, MA 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
90%
Alaska
76%
JetBlue
70%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Diego to Boston is 5 hours, 28 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 56 minutes.

The flight distance from San Diego to Boston is 2588 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Boston to San Diego
6 hours, 14 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
5h 25m
JetBlue
5h 26m
Alaska
5h 38m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

28

Distance

2588 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
14
Delta
6
Alaska
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Diego from Boston by plane?

The distance from San Diego to Boston by plane is 2588 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Diego to Boston?

The flight time from San Diego to Boston is 5 hours, 28 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 56 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 5 hours, 25 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 38 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Diego to Boston?

Alaska, Delta, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from San Diego to Boston.

Does Southwest fly from San Diego to Boston?

Southwest does not fly from San Diego (SAN) 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 San Diego 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 20 minutes
In the Air 296 minutes
Taxiing In 10 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 San Diego to Boston, Alaska is 76% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 76% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 90% 10% 0%
Alaska 76% 24% 0%
JetBlue 70% 29% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Diego 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)
Delta 20 292 12 325
JetBlue 19 296 8 326
Alaska 21 299 11 338

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
12pm 0.22
3pm 0.14
7pm 0.01
2pm 0.04
9pm 0.53
10pm 0.46
8am 0.55
10am 0.22
1pm 0.39
8pm 0.96
9am 0.29
11am 0.22

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Diego 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 114
February 112
March 121
April 117
May 150
June 132
July 116
August 123
September 117
October 141
November 124
December 112

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Diego 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 4.12
Tuesday 4.1
Wednesday 4.08
Thursday 4.12
Friday 4.12
Saturday 3.75
Sunday 4.17

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 0
Delta 0
Alaska 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)
12pm 20 299 9 331
3pm 17 305 7 333
7pm 24 294 7 326
2pm 15 282 8 307
9pm 19 292 11 324
10pm 20 292 13 327
8am 21 298 12 338
10am 22 298 9 332
1pm 21 295 8 325
8pm 19 295 7 323
9am 22 301 10 339
11am 20 302 10 333
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.