BOS to ROC: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Boston to Rochester?

The great-circle distance between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) is 551 km (342 mi, 297 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 BOS to ROC?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. ROC is roughly west of BOS.

How is the BOS to ROC route written in code?

The pair is written BOS-ROC in IATA codes and KBOS-KROC in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Boston Logan International Airport is BOS (KBOS), Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is ROC (KROC).

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.

ROC sits 539 ft (164 m) higher than BOS, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying BOS to ROC

No carrier is listed as operating this pair in the open route dataset. It appears only as a codeshare, sold by AA, USon another airline's aircraft.

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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