Direct Flights from Boston to New Bedford
New Bedford · Massachusetts
Nonstop service from BOS to EWB on Cape Air. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 3 cities fly direct to New Bedford, and Boston is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to New Bedford for, from Boston
35m in the air, 47 miles: short enough that a single night in New Bedford is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
Note that this route only operates September to November, so the trip has to fit that window.
About New Bedford
New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in New Bedford
- HMS Endeavour was a Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.
- The Rhode Island School of Design is a private art school in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
- USS Massachusetts, hull number BB-59, is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s.
- The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, US.
- The Newport Tower, also known as the Old Stone Mill, is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century.
- The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder composed of sandstone, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts, formerly part of the town of Dighton.
- Plimoth Patuxet is a complex of living history museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts founded in 1947, formerly Plimoth Plantation.
- Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
- Battleship Cove is a nonprofit maritime museum and war memorial in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.
- The Roger Williams National Memorial is a landscaped urban park located on a common lot of the original settlement of Providence, Rhode Island, established by minister Roger Williams in 1636.
- The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Cathedral Square neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Providence.
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) is a former United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former U.S.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
New Bedford weather, compared with Boston
Within 1° of Boston on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- New Bedford 39°F · Boston 37°F · 2° warmer
- April
- New Bedford 57°F · Boston 57°F · much the same
- July
- New Bedford 83°F · Boston 82°F · much the same
- October
- New Bedford 63°F · Boston 62°F · much the same
January bottoms out near 39°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to New Bedford
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit New Bedford is May–June and August–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–81°F.
- How long to stay
- New Bedford rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from HMS Endeavour, Rhode Island School of Design, and USS Massachusetts (BB-59) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Boston to New Bedford?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Boston (BOS) to New Bedford (EWB) on Cape Air.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Boston to New Bedford?
- Cape Air flies nonstop between Boston (BOS) and New Bedford (EWB). Cape Air flies it September to November only.
- How far is New Bedford from Boston?
- New Bedford is about 47 miles from Boston by air.
- What is there to do in New Bedford?
- Popular things to do include HMS Endeavour, Rhode Island School of Design, USS Massachusetts (BB-59), The Breakers, and more.
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