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Alaska Airlines SFO to BOS on-time performance

Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
63 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on SFO to BOS arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.6% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (55%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 73.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 74.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 65.5% on time, 3.3% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 92.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 90.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Late-arriving aircraft16%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SFO to BOS

Full SFO to BOS comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →

173 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 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.