B6897JetBlue Airways · BOS → ATL
live · 17m ago
Route confirmed JetBlue Airways

B6897 BostonBOS · 15:27 AtlantaATL · 18:15

B6897 by JetBlue Airways flies from Boston (BOS) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Sun, Sep 6 departure.

Right nowExpected · gate C30
16:41

departs BOS · 74 min late

Typical gate push+93 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+79 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+51+103+154 min
09-05
+0 gate · −26 arrival
09-04
+49 arrival
09-03
+93 gate · +79 arrival
09-02
+93 gate · +154 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
BOS→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at BOS and ATL 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 Atlanta flights today

same route · JetBlue Airways
B61097departs 07:59
B61897departs 19:51

If B6897 is cancelled, these are the other JetBlue Airways nonstop flights from Boston to Atlanta 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 B6897 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for B6897 across the BOS and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~82 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 1/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how B6897 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
09-05BOS 15:27 (+0)ATL 18:15 17:49 (−26)
09-04BOS 15:27ATL 18:15 19:04 (+49)
09-03BOS 15:27 17:00 (+93)ATL 18:15 19:34 (+79)
09-02BOS 15:27 17:00 (+93)ATL 18:15 20:49 (+154)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N3258J, N3304J, N3232J, N3065J.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and ATL published them.

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