Boston (BOS) – New York (JFK)
- Distance
- 300 km
- 187 mi · 162 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 20 min / 1 h 17 min
- Average gate to gate: BOS → JFK / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 69 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (41 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 797,677
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.5%
- Flights / week
- 210
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 66%
- 1,202,766 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- B6, YX, DL
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 BOS
- 231°
- Heading from JFK
- 50°
- Halfway point
- 41.51, -72.41
- Great-circle km
- 300 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BOS → JFK
- 47 min
- In the air JFK → BOS
- 41 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 73,191 |
| Sep 2025 | 71,206 |
| Oct 2025 | 81,545 |
| Nov 2025 | 63,762 |
| Dec 2025 | 63,901 |
| Jan 2026 | 59,551 |
| Feb 2026 | 58,268 |
| Mar 2026 | 74,369 |
| Apr 2026 | 59,457 |
| May 2026 | 63,870 |
| Jun 2026 | 65,470 |
| Jul 2026 | 63,087 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 997 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,074 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,088 |
| Nov 2025 | 846 |
| Dec 2025 | 830 |
| Jan 2026 | 889 |
| Feb 2026 | 851 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,011 |
| Apr 2026 | 887 |
| May 2026 | 869 |
| Jun 2026 | 831 |
| Jul 2026 | 766 |
Airlines flying BOS–JFK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 90 | 54% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 106 | 38% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 8% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 0.4 | 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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 5,508 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 3,268 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,238 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 591 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 111 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 106 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 39 flights
- Embraer 190 · 25 flights
Also carried: 218 tonnes of freight and 5 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 4.5%
- Flights counted
- 11,348
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| YXRepublic Airline | 76.3% | 17 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 70.9% | 23 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.8% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 23% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 36% · weather 1% · 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
- $172
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $166
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 48% of passengers · $149
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 48% of passengers · $149
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $192 · Q3 2025 $163 · Q4 2025 $144 · Q1 2026 $172).
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: 300 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.
Every airport pair between Boston and New York
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |