STL → BOS Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Boston, MA · 934 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 — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 55% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → BOS (934 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time62668%
16-30 min9811%
31-60 min10411%
61-120 min647%
2+ hrs334%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079060%+23 min
2025-088981%+7 min
2025-098662%+26 min
2025-109154%+27 min
2025-118573%+15 min
2025-128981%+3 min
2026-014482%+2 min
2026-024386%+1 min
2026-036062%+26 min
2026-047667%+11 min
2026-058463%+25 min
2026-068857%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13763%
Tue12972%
Wed12569%
Thu13869%
Fri13872%
Sat12169%
Sun13761%

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