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Delta Air Lines RDU to BOS on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
39 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on RDU to BOS arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.3% on time, 1.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 87.9% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 66.9% on time, 1.5% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 67.4% on time, 2.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.7% on time, 0.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 82.8% on time, 2.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 88.1% on time, 4.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 90.4% on time, 7.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.7% on time, 3.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 86.5% on time, 0.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.4% on time, 0.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.6% on time, 4.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.8% on time, 3.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)15%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on RDU to BOS

Full RDU to BOS comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,434 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 39 cancelled, 0 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.