Direct Flights from Raleigh/Durham to Boston
Boston · Massachusetts
Nonstop service from RDU to BOS on Delta, Frontier, JetBlue. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
83 cities have a nonstop to Boston, Raleigh/Durham among them.
How long to go to Boston for, from Raleigh/Durham
1h 45m in the air, 611 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Boston. Two nights works.
With roughly 8 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 Raleigh/Durham
12° cooler than Raleigh/Durham on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Boston 37°F · Raleigh/Durham 52°F · 14° colder
- April
- Boston 57°F · Raleigh/Durham 73°F · 16° colder
- July
- Boston 82°F · Raleigh/Durham 91°F · 8° colder
- October
- Boston 62°F · Raleigh/Durham 73°F · 11° 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 Raleigh/Durham to Boston?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Boston (BOS) on Delta, Frontier, JetBlue.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Raleigh/Durham to Boston?
- Delta, Frontier, JetBlue fly nonstop between Raleigh/Durham (RDU) and Boston (BOS).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Raleigh/Durham to Boston?
- There are about 8 nonstop departures per day (roughly 56 per week) from Raleigh/Durham to Boston.
- How far is Boston from Raleigh/Durham?
- Boston is about 611 miles from Raleigh/Durham 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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