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Delta Air Lines BOS to SEA on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Seattle · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
56 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on BOS to SEA arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (36%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 73.8% on time, 4.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 92.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 45.8% on time, 2.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 66.7% on time, 4.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 71.7% on time, 5.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 33.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.2% on time, 1.2% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 77.5% on time, 0.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 71.2% on time, 1.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 82.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Late-arriving aircraft28%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BOS to SEA

1,035 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 15 cancelled, 3 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.