Direct Flights from New York to Boston
Boston · Massachusetts
Nonstop service from LGA, JFK and EWR to BOS on American, Delta, JetBlue, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
New York has 3 airports with nonstop service to Boston. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗LGABOSLaGuardia
- Find flights ↗JFKBOSJohn F. Kennedy International
- Find flights ↗EWRBOSNewark Liberty International
How rare is this nonstop?
83 cities have a nonstop to Boston, New York among them.
How long to go to Boston for, from New York
50m in the air, 184 miles: short enough that a single night in Boston is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 43 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Boston
A city of history and tradition, Boston offers a proud legacy of culture, education, and numerous sporting championships. The "shining city on a hill"s independent spirit has been displayed to the world ever since colonists were angry over a British tax on their beloved tea and dumped shiploads of it into the harbor in protest.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Boston
- The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area.
- Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.
- The Boston Public Library (BPL) is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848.
- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art.
- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
- The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is a privately owned museum whose stated aim is "to celebrate the labor of artists whose work would be displayed and appreciated in no other forum".
- The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States.
- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
- The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) path through Boston, Massachusetts, that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States.
- The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M.
- The Old State House is a historic building at 206 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- The Arnold Arboretum is a botanical research institution and free public park affiliated with Harvard University and located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Boston weather, compared with New York
Within 2° of New York 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
- Boston 37°F · New York 40°F · 3° colder
- April
- Boston 57°F · New York 59°F · 3° colder
- July
- Boston 82°F · New York 84°F · 2° colder
- October
- Boston 62°F · New York 65°F · 3° colder
January bottoms out near 37°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Boston
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Boston is May–June and August–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Boston rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Berklee College of Music, and Boston Public Library and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from New York to Boston?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from New York (LGA, JFK, EWR) to Boston (BOS) on American, Delta, JetBlue, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from New York to Boston?
- American, Delta, JetBlue, United fly nonstop between New York (LGA, JFK, EWR) and Boston (BOS).
- Which New York airports have nonstop flights to Boston?
- You can leave from 3 New York airports: LGA (LaGuardia) on American, Delta; JFK (John F. Kennedy International) on American, Delta, JetBlue; EWR (Newark Liberty International) on Delta, United.
- How many nonstop flights are there from New York to Boston?
- There are about 43 nonstop departures per day (roughly 301 per week) from New York to Boston.
- How far is Boston from New York?
- Boston is about 184 miles from New York by air.
- What is there to do in Boston?
- Popular things to do include Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Berklee College of Music, Boston Public Library, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and more.
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