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MEM vs BOS - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MEM

Memphis, TN

Memphis, Tennessee

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Airport B
BOS

Boston, MA

Boston, Massachusetts

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MEM BOS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.3% 79.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 76.2 min 78.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.7% 20.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.26% 1.19%
Total Flights 251,985 1,455,478
Delayed Flights 47,238 292,211
Cancelled Flights 3,171 17,391
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MEM - Memphis, TN

Carrier 38.2%
Late Aircraft 35.7%
NAS 19.3%
Weather 6.7%
Security 0.2%

BOS - Boston, MA

Carrier 37.1%
Late Aircraft 34.4%
NAS 25.0%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from MEM

Route Flights On-Time
MEM → ATL
Atlanta
19,015 88.6%
ATL → MEM
Memphis
19,001 84.1%
MEM → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
14,035 75.6%
DFW → MEM
Memphis
14,025 74.6%
MEM → CLT
Charlotte
11,047 83.5%
CLT → MEM
Memphis
11,046 79.1%

Top routes from BOS

Route Flights On-Time
BOS → DCA
Washington
49,205 81.6%
DCA → BOS
Boston
49,133 80.5%
LGA → BOS
Boston
39,006 82.4%
BOS → LGA
New York
38,931 83.4%
BOS → ORD
Chicago
35,774 82.1%
ORD → BOS
Boston
35,759 78.5%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.