Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 8 am and 42% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	ILM	BOS	2h 18m	84%	2.3%	44	Flying now
American	ILM	BOS	2h 09m	63%	2.4%	209	Flying now
JetBlue	ILM	BOS	2h 04m	60%	0.6%	180	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Boston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	ILM 05:06 → CLT 06:10AA 2493	2h 45m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → BOS 11:08AA 1533	6h 02m	99%	94%
Delta Details →	ILM 05:48 → ATL 07:19DL 3187	1h 16m Atlanta	ATL 08:35 → BOS 11:14DL 2432	5h 26m	98%	88%
American Details →	ILM 07:02 → CLT 08:10AA 2760	3h 08m Charlotte	CLT 11:18 → BOS 13:33AA 1611	6h 31m	99%	87%
American Details →	ILM 06:00 → MIA 07:54AA 3888 · flown by Envoy	1h 29m Miami	MIA 09:23 → BOS 12:48AA 1589	6h 47m	97%	80%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ILM 06:50 → LGA 08:36DL 5237 · flown by Endeavor	1h 54m New York	LGA 10:30 → BOS 11:53AA 4367 · flown by Republic	5h 03m	96%	79%
United Details →	ILM 07:30 → EWR 09:30UA 3706 · flown by Republic	2h 29m Newark	EWR 11:59 → BOS 13:16UA 1669	5h 46m	97%	79%
American Details →	ILM 08:01 → PHL 09:45AA 6081 · flown by Piedmont	3h 05m Philadelphia	PHL 12:50 → BOS 14:23AA 2882	6h 22m	97%	76%
American Details →	ILM 06:11 → LGA 07:56AA 4682 · flown by Republic	1h 04m New York	LGA 09:00 → BOS 10:19AA 4373 · flown by Republic	4h 09m	91%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ILM 19:20 → PHL 21:06AA 5816 · flown by Piedmont	1h 14m Philadelphia	PHL 22:20 → BOS 23:49AA 1874	4h 29m	73%	47%
American Details →	ILM 16:15 → CLT 17:38AA 5823 · flown by Piedmont	56m Charlotte	CLT 18:34 → BOS 20:59AA 2595	4h 44m	57%	33%
Delta Details →	ILM 17:20 → LGA 19:11DL 5212 · flown by Endeavor	49m New York	LGA 20:00 → BOS 21:31DL 5850 · flown by Republic	4h 11m	58%	25%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

ATL · 1h 16m · leaves 05:48 2%

LGA · 1h 04m · leaves 06:11 9%

CLT · 56m · leaves 05:06 10%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 49m · leaves 17:20 42%

CLT · 56m · leaves 16:15 43%

DCA · 1h 13m · leaves 19:44 48%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON