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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 78% on time.

Nonstops


Delta	RIC	BOS	1h 50m	80%	3.1%	938	Flying now
JetBlue	RIC	BOS	1h 36m	76%	3.7%	758	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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 →	RIC 05:02 → CLT 06:15AA 549	2h 40m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → BOS 11:08AA 1533	6h 06m	98%	93%
American Details →	RIC 06:00 → ORD 07:34AA 4512 · flown by Republic	56m Chicago	ORD 08:30 → BOS 12:07AA 4106 · flown by Envoy	6h 07m	96%	88%
American Details →	RIC 06:30 → CLT 07:54AA 1063	3h 24m Charlotte	CLT 11:18 → BOS 13:33AA 1611	7h 03m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	RIC 05:45 → ATL 07:20DL 1460	1h 15m Atlanta	ATL 08:35 → BOS 11:14DL 2432	5h 29m	94%	84%
Southwest Details →	RIC 06:15 → BWI 07:10WN 3438	1h 05m Baltimore	BWI 08:15 → BOS 09:50WN 884	3h 35m	96%	81%
American Details →	RIC 06:26 → PHL 07:40AA 5973 · flown by Piedmont	2h 50m Philadelphia	PHL 10:30 → BOS 12:03AA 1416	5h 37m	99%	81%
United Details →	RIC 06:00 → ORD 07:23UA 224	1h 52m Chicago	ORD 09:15 → BOS 12:57UA 1117	6h 57m	96%	81%
United Details →	RIC 06:50 → EWR 08:16UA 4604 · flown by GoJet	3h 43m Newark	EWR 11:59 → BOS 13:16UA 1669	6h 26m	97%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RIC 06:26 → PHL 07:40AA 5973 · flown by Piedmont	47m Philadelphia	PHL 08:27 → BOS 09:56AA 2783	3h 30m	75%	63%
Southwest Details →	RIC 11:30 → BNA 12:10WN 705	1h 10m Nashville	BNA 13:20 → BOS 16:50WN 4372	5h 20m	72%	27%
American Details →	RIC 17:34 → PHL 18:54AA 5895 · flown by Piedmont	46m Philadelphia	PHL 19:40 → BOS 21:12AA 3327	3h 39m	56%	26%

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

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 06:15 4%

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 05:45 6%

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 06:30 8%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 52m · leaves 17:24 37%

PHL · 46m · leaves 17:34 44%

MIA · 50m · leaves 18:25 54%

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.


American AA 549 RIC 05:02 → CLT Delta DL 5626 CLT 09:40 → BOS Connection details →	3h 25m	7h 06m	98%	84%
American AA 4512 RIC 06:00 → ORD United UA 1117 ORD 09:15 → BOS Connection details →	1h 41m	6h 57m	96%	84%
Southwest WN 3438 RIC 06:15 → BWI Delta DL 5703 BWI 09:00 → BOS Connection details →	1h 50m	4h 24m	96%	83%

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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