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FCO→BOS

Rome to Boston

Flights
1,003 both ways
Carriers
2
Distance
4,082 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Rome Fiumicino to Boston Logan International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 1,003 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, flown by Delta and ITA. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 64.0% of all departures from Rome Fiumicino leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 76.0% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 74.6% of BOS's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.

On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Rome Fiumicino ranks 27th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.

Key figures

Flights

1,003

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

2

Delta Air Lines, ITA Airways

FCO departures on time

64.0%

All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)

BOS domestic on time

74.6%

US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures

Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 0.1 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Rome Fiumicino so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from BOS ran a little over an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 3.05% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.

Carrier by carrier

Who flies FCO to BOS

Delta Air Lines flew 55% of the 1,003 flights between FCO and BOS in the DOT's count, with ITA Airways on 454. Loads averaged 224 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.

Carriers on FCO to BOS by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Delta Air Lines54955%46241
ITA Airways45445%38205

DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.

Across the year

How often FCO to BOS flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 124 flights on the pair in July 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 1 in February 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.

Flights per month, both directions

  • July 2025124
  • August 2025122
  • September 2025120
  • October 2025106
  • November 202559
  • December 202535
  • January 202615
  • February 20261
  • March 202673
  • April 2026108
  • May 2026122
  • June 2026118
Flights in both directions together, as the DOT international report counts them; flights per calendar month.

The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 1,003 between FCO and BOS from July 2025 to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, carrying 225,114 passengers. That makes it the 7th busiest of 16 US routes from Rome Fiumicino and the 10th busiest of 21 European routes into BOS.

The departure airport

How Rome Fiumicino is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Rome Fiumicino as a whole, every airline and every destination: 64.0% of departures and 76.0% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 96.8% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 49.8% for departures, 14 points worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.1 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.1 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Rome Fiumicino
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)59.6%72.4%96.4%0.0 min
Last 7 days49.8%63.5%96.2%0.1 min
Year to date64.0%76.0%96.8%0.1 min

Every US route from Rome Fiumicino, and its full punctuality record

The arrival airport

Landing at Boston Logan International

Boston Logan International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 74.6% of its 144,174 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running a little over an hour late, and 3.05% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at BOS reaches a flight from FCO just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.

Domestic on time

74.6%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)

Avg delay

73 min

Delayed domestic flights only

Cancelled

3.05%

Domestic departures

144,174

Last twelve months

Boston Logan International (BOS) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month

Your rights

EC 261/2004 on FCO to BOS

Every flight that departs Rome Fiumicino falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Boston Logan International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from BOS is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,082 miles, 6,568 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking FCO to BOS

There is no grade to give FCO to BOS without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about one departure a day in each direction, a choice of two carriers, a departure airport that gets 64% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 75% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at BOS; immigration comes before the connecting flight.

Common questions

FCO to BOS questions

How often are FCO to BOS flights delayed?

No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (64.0% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and BOS's domestic record in the DOT data (74.6% on time).

Which airlines fly FCO to BOS?

Delta Air Lines and ITA Airways, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. Delta Air Lines accounted for 55% of the 1,003 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed FCO to BOS flight?

Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Rome Fiumicino are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from BOS is covered only on an EU carrier.

How many flights a day are there from FCO to BOS?

About one departure a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,003 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 124 in July 2025 and falling to 1 in February 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Italy publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.

Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.