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ATL Atlanta ⇄ BOS Boston

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States) and Boston Logan International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,521 km945 mi821 nautical miles
ATL → BOS2 h 40 minestimated block time
BOS → ATL2 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hBoston vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to Boston (BOS)ATLAtlantaBOSBoston
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ATL → BOS

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 46° (NE).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Boston Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

BOS → ATL

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 235° (SW).

Leave Boston Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

ATL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,521 km · 945 mi · 821 nmi
Initial heading46° (NE) from ATL; 235° (SW) from BOS
Farthest from the equator42.4°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
BOSAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceBoston is on the same clock as Atlanta today.

Jet lag, flying ATL → BOS. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m BOS Boston Logan International AirportBoston, United States · longest runway 10,083 ft3,073 m

More routes from ATL and BOS

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLCUN Atlanta – Cancún 1,421 km883 mi · 2 h 40 min LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 h 15 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min LGABOS New York – Boston 296 km184 mi · 1 h 20 min BOSDCA Boston – Washington 641 km398 mi · 1 h 50 min BOSMCO Boston – Orlando 1,806 km1,122 mi · 3 h 15 min LAXBOS Los Angeles – Boston 4,193 km2,605 mi · 5 h 20 min BOSDUB Boston – Dublin 4,804 km2,985 mi · 6 h 05 min BOSCDG Boston – Paris 5,535 km3,439 mi · 6 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKMCO New York – Orlando 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 50 min EWRMCO Newark – Orlando 1,511 km939 mi · 2 h 50 min LAXSEA Los Angeles – Seattle 1,537 km955 mi · 2 h 50 min IAHORD Houston – Chicago 1,491 km926 mi · 2 h 40 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).