BOS → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Boston, MA to St. Louis, MO · 935 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 34 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 45% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from BOS to STL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on BOS → STL (935 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +54 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time67673%
16-30 min8810%
31-60 min799%
61-120 min465%
2+ hrs344%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079067%+21 min
2025-088978%+11 min
2025-098561%+22 min
2025-109063%+25 min
2025-118883%+6 min
2025-128970%+12 min
2026-014486%-3 min
2026-024293%-10 min
2026-036067%+10 min
2026-047480%+4 min
2026-058480%+7 min
2026-068868%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13673%
Tue12777%
Wed12678%
Thu13767%
Fri13875%
Sat12281%
Sun13763%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…