OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Buffalo

395 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–BUF arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.9%of scheduled flights

based on 1,154 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights49
  • Republic Airways
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights139
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights966

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft61%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline14%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)36%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 22 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BOS → BUF

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 727 flights
  • Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 713 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 60 min · 603 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 65 min · 434 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 100 min · 542 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 425 flights
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 370 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 50 min · 408 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 75 min · 455 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 65 min · 457 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 65 min · 450 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 70 min · 454 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.