JFK → BOS American Airlines

American Airlines · New York, NY to Boston, MA · 1,493 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 56% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How on-time is American Airlines from JFK to BOS?

Across every American Airlines flight number on JFK → BOS (1,493 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,08777%
16-30 min906%
31-60 min896%
61-120 min906%
2+ hrs574%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710378%+4 min
2025-0812386%+2 min
2025-0914870%+18 min
2025-1015574%+19 min
2025-1111375%+5 min
2025-1210769%+19 min
2026-0110682%-3 min
2026-0212282%+3 min
2026-0315575%+11 min
2026-0410476%0 min
2026-059084%-2 min
2026-068776%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19180%
Tue19878%
Wed20172%
Thu19573%
Fri20278%
Sat23385%
Sun19371%

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