B6855JetBlue Airways · BOS → DCA
live · 4m ago
Route confirmed JetBlue Airways

B6855 BostonBOS · 13:00 WashingtonDCA · 14:45

B6855 by JetBlue Airways flies from Boston (BOS) to Washington (DCA) for the Thu, Oct 29 departure.

Right nowIn the air to Washington · off blocks 13:00 · on schedule
14:20

estimated arrival at DCA · local time · ~24 min from now

LivePosition · updated 4m ago
DCA140 mi · ~24 min leftBOS
20,000 ftAltitudecruising
420 mphSpeed365 kt
227°Direction

Live position · flown path, last 44 min

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−10 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~10 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-29
+0 gate · −10 arrival
10-28
+0 gate · −10 arrival
10-27
+0 gate · −26 arrival
10-26
+13 gate · +5 arrival
10-25
+0 gate · −26 arrival

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 −10 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BOSBostonOn-time likelyBOS delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
BOS→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.9%Chance of cancellation
+7 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at BOS and DCA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Boston to Washington with JetBlue Airways · Fri 30 Oct, local date

Outlook: below usual
Chance a departure is cancelled
0.8%0.3× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
11%0.8× usual

Forecast: WeatherTomorrow · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 8 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
F
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Boston to Washington flights today

same route · JetBlue Airways
B6455departs 06:05
B61055departs 08:00
B61455departs 09:15
B62355departs 09:22
B61155departs 10:30
B61555departs 14:09

If B6855 is cancelled, these are the other JetBlue Airways nonstop flights from Boston to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BOS local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How B6855 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for B6855 across the BOS and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~8 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how B6855 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
10-29BOS 13:00 (+0)DCA 14:45 14:35 (−10)
10-28BOS 13:00 (+0)DCA 14:45 14:35 (−10)
10-27BOS 13:00 (+0)DCA 14:45 14:19 (−26)
10-26BOS 13:00 13:13 (+13)DCA 14:45 14:50 (+5)
10-25BOS 13:00 (+0)DCA 14:45 14:19 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N3215J, N3062J, N3293J, N3104J.

Board clocks recorded as BOS and DCA published them.

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