Airport month record
BOSFEB
Boston Logan International in February 2026
- Departures
- 10,232
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at BOS, see live FAA status.
BOS in February carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 8.2% of scheduled flights never operate, against 2.3% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, close to three flights in four arrive on time, worth a C− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 10,232 flights, of which United Airlines flew 859 at 85.4% on time.
United Airlines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 85.4% on time across 859 flights.
Key figures
On time
74.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 9,379 completed departures
Avg delay
73 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
8.15%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
75.6%
BOS across all twelve months
These figures cover 10,232 departures from Boston Logan International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to BOS's other months
Against BOS's own year, February ran level with the twelve-month rate of 75.6%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where February stands out: 8.15% of scheduled departures were called off, 3.1 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, January ran 73.6% on time and March 74.1%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 12,912 | 70.9% | 82 min | 4.07% | C− |
| August 2025 | 12,461 | 81.4% | 69 min | 1.00% | B |
| September 2025 | 11,597 | 75.7% | 73 min | 1.35% | B |
| October 2025 | 12,647 | 73.9% | 75 min | 1.51% | C |
| November 2025 | 11,385 | 78.0% | 75 min | 2.76% | B |
| December 2025 | 11,248 | 68.7% | 71 min | 1.69% | C |
| January 2026 | 10,298 | 73.6% | 78 min | 7.50% | C− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 10,232 | 74.8% | 73 min | 8.15% | C− |
| March 2026 | 12,299 | 74.1% | 69 min | 2.69% | C |
| April 2026 | 12,626 | 79.3% | 62 min | 0.31% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 12,694 | 79.4% | 60 min | 0.61% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 12,683 | 76.6% | 72 min | 1.77% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave BOS in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 18 points, against 22 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am2,058 flights82.5%
- 8am–11am2,107 flights77.3%
- 11am–2pm1,601 flights78.5%
- 2pm–5pm1,806 flights69.3%
- 5pm–8pm1,934 flights69.7%
- 8pm–5am726 flights64.8%
Scale runs 55% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 64.8% on time, against 82.5% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 2,107 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Thursday is the strongest day at 82.3% on time and Saturday the weakest at 60.8%. 22 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at BOS in February
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 85.4% of the time; JetBlue Airways manages 63.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 2,730 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 2,730 | 63.1% | 80 min | 9.16% | D− |
| Republic Airways | 2,580 | 80.1% | 61 min | 8.80% | B− |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,795 | 76.3% | 69 min | 6.46% | B− |
| American Airlines | 1,220 | 79.4% | 83 min | 6.97% | B− |
| United Airlines | 859 | 85.4% | 61 min | 8.27% | A− |
| Southwest Airlines | 429 | 85.1% | 41 min | 7.69% | A− |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 260 | 50.0% | 93 min | 12.31% | F− |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 161 | 85.0% | 73 min | 4.97% | A− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 121 | 77.2% | 31 min | 5.79% | B− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 57 | 64.8% | 62 min | 5.26% | D− |
JetBlue Airways cancels 9.2% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of BOS in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS to DCA · Washington | 731 | 69.0% | 72 min | 9.03% | C− |
| BOS to LGA · New York | 550 | 82.7% | 64 min | 9.82% | B− |
| BOS to ORD · Chicago | 502 | 83.4% | 56 min | 7.17% | B− |
| BOS to JFK · New York | 465 | 71.6% | 74 min | 9.25% | C− |
| BOS to MCO · Orlando | 448 | 65.7% | 86 min | 8.26% | C− |
| BOS to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 362 | 79.1% | 72 min | 8.56% | B− |
| BOS to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 344 | 67.9% | 69 min | 7.56% | C− |
| BOS to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 343 | 59.2% | 68 min | 10.79% | D− |
| BOS to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 327 | 74.8% | 63 min | 6.42% | C− |
| BOS to MIA · Miamithin sample | 310 | 75.9% | 79 min | 6.45% | B− |
| BOS to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 301 | 86.2% | 84 min | 8.64% | A− |
| BOS to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 282 | 74.7% | 83 min | 7.09% | C− |
| BOS to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 275 | 83.6% | 75 min | 8.73% | B− |
| BOS to DEN · Denverthin sample | 266 | 79.3% | 60 min | 7.52% | B− |
| BOS to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 259 | 81.1% | 71 min | 5.79% | B− |
| BOS to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 238 | 65.1% | 68 min | 9.24% | C− |
| BOS to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 233 | 88.1% | 58 min | 9.87% | A− |
| BOS to PBI · West Palm Beachthin sample | 227 | 54.3% | 69 min | 8.37% | F− |
| BOS to TPA · Tampathin sample | 221 | 70.4% | 73 min | 9.95% | C− |
| BOS to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 178 | 55.8% | 110 min | 6.74% | D− |
| BOS to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 177 | 76.5% | 63 min | 6.21% | B− |
| BOS to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 168 | 73.7% | 73 min | 7.14% | C− |
| BOS to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 165 | 72.5% | 90 min | 7.27% | C− |
| BOS to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 158 | 84.9% | 56 min | 7.59% | B− |
| BOS to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 155 | 83.8% | 66 min | 8.39% | B− |
Delay causes
What held BOS up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 172,000 reported delay minutes.
- 38%Late-arriving aircraft
- 28%Carrier
- 27%National Airspace System
- 7%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
38% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 172,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 6 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 171,513 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 8.15%, against 2.25% nationally. That is about one flight in twelve cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.8% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from BOS in February
For a February trip through BOS: expect 74.8% on time and 8.15% cancelled, going by February 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Boston Logan International (BOS), the whole year
- BOS in July70.9%
- BOS in August81.4%
- BOS in September75.7%
- BOS in October73.9%
- BOS in November78.0%
- BOS in December68.7%
- BOS in January73.6%
- BOS in March74.1%
- BOS in April79.3%
- BOS in May79.4%
- BOS in June76.6%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.