Atlanta (ATL) – Boston (BOS)
- Distance
- 1,522 km
- 946 mi · 822 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 31 min / 2 h 50 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → BOS / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 191 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (113 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,549,511
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.0%
- Flights / week
- 188
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 1,798,492 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, B6, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 47°
- Heading from BOS
- 235°
- Halfway point
- 38.19, -78.12
- Great-circle km
- 1,521 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → BOS
- 2 h 4 min
- In the air BOS → ATL
- 2 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 132,969 |
| Sep 2025 | 131,078 |
| Oct 2025 | 138,294 |
| Nov 2025 | 123,695 |
| Dec 2025 | 126,657 |
| Jan 2026 | 97,637 |
| Feb 2026 | 93,154 |
| Mar 2026 | 123,919 |
| Apr 2026 | 134,311 |
| May 2026 | 147,515 |
| Jun 2026 | 149,199 |
| Jul 2026 | 151,083 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 800 |
| Sep 2025 | 799 |
| Oct 2025 | 845 |
| Nov 2025 | 820 |
| Dec 2025 | 815 |
| Jan 2026 | 638 |
| Feb 2026 | 616 |
| Mar 2026 | 798 |
| Apr 2026 | 886 |
| May 2026 | 917 |
| Jun 2026 | 928 |
| Jul 2026 | 911 |
Airlines flying ATL–BOS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 140 | 77% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 31 | 13% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 16 | 9% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.5 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 5,426 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,410 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,047 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 911 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 611 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 191 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 97 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 22 flights
Also carried: 1,112 tonnes of freight and 341 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 9,950
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 78.6% | 15 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 69.5% | 25 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 65.9% | 19 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 56% | 27 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 29% · weather 2% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $269
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $250
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 65% of passengers · $322
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 11% of passengers · $129
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $242 · Q3 2025 $243 · Q4 2025 $254 · Q1 2026 $269).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,521 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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