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LIS→BOS

Lisbon to Boston

Flights
1,889 both ways
Carriers
2
Distance
3,184 mi
Period
July 2025 to June 2026
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No public record scores Lisbon 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 1,889 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about three departures a day in each direction, flown by TAP and Delta. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 57.5% of all departures from Lisbon leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 72.3% 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, Lisbon ranks 36th 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

1,889

Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)

Carriers

2

TAP Air Portugal, Delta Air Lines

LIS departures on time

57.5%

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 1.8 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Lisbon 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 LIS to BOS

TAP Air Portugal flew 68% of the 1,889 flights between LIS and BOS in the DOT's count, with Delta Air Lines on 611. Loads averaged 175 passengers a flight, which on this route means wide-body aircraft nearly full.

Carriers on LIS to BOS by flights operated
AirlineFlightsSharePer monthPassengers / flight
TAP Air Portugal1,27868%107151
Delta Air Lines61132%51226

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 LIS to BOS flies through the year

The DOT's international report puts 184 flights on the pair in August 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 86 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 2025182
  • August 2025184
  • September 2025174
  • October 2025173
  • November 2025154
  • December 2025148
  • January 202699
  • February 202686
  • March 2026158
  • April 2026177
  • May 2026183
  • June 2026171
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: 1,889 between LIS and BOS from July 2025 to June 2026, about three departures a day in each direction, carrying 331,136 passengers. That makes it the 2nd busiest of 9 US routes from Lisbon and the 5th busiest of 21 European routes into BOS.

The departure airport

How Lisbon is running

EUROCONTROL's figures for Lisbon as a whole, every airline and every destination: 57.5% of departures and 72.3% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 96.6% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 57.5% for departures, in line with the year. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 1.8 minutes per arriving flight this year, 1.2 over the last week.

EUROCONTROL punctuality at Lisbon
WindowDepartures on timeArrivals on timeSchedules operatedATFM delay / arrival
Yesterday (21 October 2026)66.9%80.7%97.9%0.5 min
Last 7 days57.5%73.9%96.7%1.2 min
Year to date57.5%72.3%96.6%1.8 min

Every US route from Lisbon, 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 LIS 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 LIS to BOS

Every flight that departs Lisbon 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 3,184 miles, 5,123 km, which puts it in the top distance band.

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What to do with this

Booking LIS to BOS

There is no grade to give LIS to BOS without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about three departures a day in each direction, a choice of two carriers, a departure airport that gets 58% 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

LIS to BOS questions

How often are LIS 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 (57.5% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and BOS's domestic record in the DOT data (74.6% on time).

Which airlines fly LIS to BOS?

TAP Air Portugal and Delta Air Lines, in order of flights operated between July 2025 and June 2026. TAP Air Portugal accounted for 68% of the 1,889 flights the DOT counted on the pair.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed LIS 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 Lisbon 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 LIS to BOS?

About three departures a day in each direction: the DOT counted 1,889 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 184 in August 2025 and falling to 86 in February 2026.

Related

Where to go next

Portugal 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.