AirportsLondon

London to Boston

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§LHRπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBOSLondon Heathrow Airport to Boston Logan International AirportUnited Kingdom to United States
Distance
5,240 km
3,256 miles
Frequency
72 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
5
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, codeshares included
Typical delay
16 min
44 departures

The route

Great circle, 5,240 km
LHRBOS5,240 km
5,240 km (3,256 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

How delayed is this route?

Measured over months

Departures from London Heathrow Airport on this route are typically 16 minutes late (likely 12 to 22), across 44 departures we tracked between 2026-03-13 and 2026-06-06.

median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.

Airlines on this route

5 airlines with a flight number here

Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.

Flights on this route

2 of 12 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe
FlightAirlineDepartsAircraftDepartures seen
B6 1621JetBlue Airways08:40A21N19
DL 59Delta Air Lines09:40not seen yet12

Departure times are local to London Heathrow Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.

Both airports

How these numbers are measured