Boston (BOS) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,809 km
- 1,124 mi · 977 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 14 min / 2 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: BOS → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 227 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (134 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 677,568
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.3%
- Flights / week
- 83
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 793,931 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, SY
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
- 286°
- Heading from MSP
- 91°
- Halfway point
- 44.16, -81.88
- Great-circle km
- 1,804 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BOS → MSP
- 2 h 46 min
- In the air MSP → BOS
- 2 h 18 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 1 h behind Boston
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 75,227 |
| Sep 2025 | 63,911 |
| Oct 2025 | 71,482 |
| Nov 2025 | 54,465 |
| Dec 2025 | 55,431 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,078 |
| Feb 2026 | 24,457 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,155 |
| Apr 2026 | 51,209 |
| May 2026 | 59,429 |
| Jun 2026 | 71,800 |
| Jul 2026 | 78,924 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 427 |
| Sep 2025 | 393 |
| Oct 2025 | 426 |
| Nov 2025 | 356 |
| Dec 2025 | 364 |
| Jan 2026 | 254 |
| Feb 2026 | 203 |
| Mar 2026 | 277 |
| Apr 2026 | 345 |
| May 2026 | 365 |
| Jun 2026 | 435 |
| Jul 2026 | 461 |
Airlines flying BOS–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 70 | 84% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 12 | 16% |
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 · 2,531 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 561 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 400 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 205 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 192 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 108 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 97 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 90 flights
Also carried: 591 tonnes of freight and 95 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 3,702
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 27% · air traffic system 38% · 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
- $382
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $314
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 86% of passengers · $409
- Lowest-fare airline
- Sun Country Airlines
- 9% of passengers · $154
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $303 · Q3 2025 $297 · Q4 2025 $310 · Q1 2026 $382).
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: 1,804 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.