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FRA→BOS

Frankfurt to Boston

Flights
1,167 both ways
Carriers
2
Distance
3,659 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
—GRADE

No public record scores Frankfurt 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 1,167 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, flown by Lufthansa and Condor. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 70.8% of all departures from Frankfurt leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 78.3% 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, Frankfurt ranks 10th 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

1,167

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

2

Lufthansa, Condor

FRA departures on time

70.8%

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 0.6 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Frankfurt 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 FRA to BOS

Lufthansa flew 83% of the 1,167 flights between FRA and BOS in the DOT's count, with Condor on 196. Loads averaged 240 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.

Carriers on FRA to BOS by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
Lufthansa97183%81248
Condor19617%16204

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 FRA to BOS flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 186 flights on the pair in July 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 49 in April 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 2025186
  • August 2025186
  • September 2025164
  • October 2025138
  • November 202558
  • December 202560
  • January 202653
  • February 202651
  • March 202660
  • April 202649
  • May 202663
  • June 202699
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: 1,167 between FRA and BOS from July 2025 to June 2026, about one departure a day in each direction, carrying 280,383 passengers. That makes it the 11th busiest of 25 US routes from Frankfurt and the 8th busiest of 21 European routes into BOS.

The departure airport

How Frankfurt is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Frankfurt as a whole, every airline and every destination: 70.8% of departures and 78.3% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 94.8% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 72.5% for departures, 2 points better than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.6 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.2 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Frankfurt
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)75.9%82.2%97.3%0.0 min
Last 7 days72.5%76.9%97.2%0.2 min
Year to date70.8%78.3%94.8%0.6 min

Every US route from Frankfurt, 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 FRA 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 FRA to BOS

Every flight that departs Frankfurt 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 3,659 miles, 5,887 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking FRA to BOS

There is no grade to give FRA 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 71% 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

FRA to BOS questions

How often are FRA 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 (70.8% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and BOS's domestic record in the DOT data (74.6% on time).

Which airlines fly FRA to BOS?

Lufthansa and Condor, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. Lufthansa accounted for 83% of the 1,167 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed FRA 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 Frankfurt 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 FRA to BOS?

About one departure a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,167 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 186 in July 2025 and falling to 49 in April 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Germany 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.