ATL to BOS: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Atlanta to Boston?

The great-circle distance between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is 1,521 km (945 mi, 821 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from ATL to BOS?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 25m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. BOS is roughly northeast of ATL.

How is the ATL to BOS route written in code?

The pair is written ATL-BOS in IATA codes and KATL-KBOS in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is ATL (KATL), Boston Logan International Airport is BOS (KBOS).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

BOS sits 1,006 ft (307 m) lower than ATL, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying ATL to BOS

3 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 3 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 5 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AF, AM, AZ, KL, VS.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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