AS256Alaska Airlines · BOS → SAN
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Route confirmed Alaska Airlines

AS256 BostonBOS · 07:51 San DiegoSAN · 11:09

AS256 by Alaska Airlines flies from Boston (BOS) to San Diego (SAN) for the Fri, Oct 9 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate B6
07:51

departs BOS · on schedule

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+2 minmedian over 4 operations

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-09
−1 arrival
10-08
+0 gate · −1 arrival
10-07
+0 gate · +4 arrival
10-06
+0 gate · +2 arrival
10-05
+0 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +2 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
SANSan DiegoModerate riskSAN delay board →
BOS→SANevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
55%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.8%Chance of cancellation
+18 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BOS and SAN are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Boston to San Diego flights today

same route · Alaska Airlines
AS389departs 18:14

If AS256 is cancelled, this is the other Alaska Airlines nonstop flight from Boston to San Diego on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AS256 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AS256 across the BOS and SAN boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 2 confirmed landings · 2/2 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AS256 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-09BOS 07:51SAN 11:09 11:08 (−1)
10-08BOS 07:51 (+0)SAN 11:09 11:08 (−1)
10-07BOS 07:51 (+0)SAN 11:09 11:13 (+4)
10-06BOS 07:51 (+0)SAN 11:09 11:11 (+2)
10-05BOS 07:51 (+0)SAN

Board clocks recorded as BOS and SAN published them.

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