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BOS Boston ⇄ FLL Fort Lauderdale

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

Distance1,994 km1,239 mi1,077 nautical miles
BOS → FLL3 h 25 minestimated block time
FLL → BOS3 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hFort Lauderdale vs Boston, today
Great-circle route from Boston (BOS) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL)BOSBostonFLLFort Lauderdale
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

BOS → FLL

3 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 208° (SSW).

Leave Boston Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Fort Lauderdale Sat 7 Nov, 13:25 local.

FLL → BOS

3 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 22° (NNE).

Leave Fort Lauderdale Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Boston Sat 7 Nov, 13:15 local.

The two directions differ by 11 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,994 km · 1,239 mi · 1,077 nmi
Initial heading208° (SSW) from BOS; 22° (NNE) from FLL
Farthest from the equator42.4°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BOSAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
FLLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceFort Lauderdale is on the same clock as Boston today.

Jet lag, flying BOS → FLL. 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

BOS Boston Logan International AirportBoston, United States · longest runway 10,083 ft3,073 m FLL Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportFort Lauderdale, United States · longest runway 9,000 ft2,743 m

More routes from BOS and FLL

LGABOS New York – Boston 296 km184 mi · 1 h 20 min BOSDCA Boston – Washington 641 km398 mi · 1 h 50 min ATLBOS Atlanta – Boston 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 40 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 JFKFLL New York – Fort Lauderdale 1,723 km1,071 mi · 3 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 min SYDNOU Sydney – Nouméa 1,981 km1,231 mi · 3 h 10 min AUHBOM Abu Dhabi – Mumbai 1,971 km1,225 mi · 3 h 10 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).