Logan International Airport

"Boston Airport" redirects here. For other airports serving Boston, see List of airports in the Boston area.

"Logan Airport" redirects here. For other uses, see Logan Airport (disambiguation).

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport
IATA: BOS ICAO: KBOS FAA LID: BOS WMO: 72509
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)
Serves	Greater Boston and New England
Location	East Boston and Winthrop, Massachusetts, U.S.
Hub for	Cape Air
Focus city for	Delta Air Lines JetBlue Airways
Elevation AMSL	20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	42°21′47″N 071°00′23″W
Website	www.massport.com/logan-airport
Maps
FAA airport diagram
BOS Location within Massachusetts / United States BOS BOS (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4L/22R 7,861 2,396 Asphalt 4R/22L 10,006 3,050 Asphalt 9/27 7,001 2,134 Asphalt 14/32 5,000 1,524 Asphalt 15L/33R 2,557 779 Asphalt 15R/33L 10,083 3,073 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 424,024 Passengers 40,941,925
Source: FAA, Massport.

Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO: KBOS, FAA LID: BOS), officially known as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport and also commonly known as Boston Logan International Airport, is an international airport in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partially in Winthrop, Massachusetts). It covers 2,384 acres (965 ha), has six runways and four passenger terminals, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. It is the largest airport in both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the New England region in terms of passenger volume and cargo handling, as well as the 16th-busiest airport in the United States, with 38.4 million total passengers in 2017. The airport saw 40,941,925 passengers in 2018, the most in its history. It is named after General Edward Lawrence Logan, a war hero native to Boston.

Logan has service to destinations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, the North Atlantic region (including Bermuda and the Azores), Europe, and Asia. Recently, with the advent of mid-sized long-range airliners such as the Boeing 787, as well as the growing New England economy, Logan has seen rapid growth in international traffic, with new routes as well as increased frequencies on existing routes. This has turned Boston Logan into one of America's fastest growing airports, especially for international traffic.

The airport is a focus city for Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways. The regional airline Cape Air carries out hub operations from Boston. American and United also carry out significant operations from the airport, including daily transcontinental flights. All of the major U.S. air carriers offer flights from Boston to all or the majority of their primary and secondary hubs.

History

Origins

Logan Airport opened on September 8, 1923, and was used mainly by the Massachusetts Air Guard and the Army Air Corps. It was then called Jeffery Field. The first scheduled commercial passenger flights were on Colonial Air Transport between Boston and New York City in 1927. On January 1, 1936, the airport's weather station became the official point for Boston's weather observations and records by the National Weather Service.

Early domestic expansion

Until around 1950 the airline terminal was at 42.367°N 71.0275°W / 42.367; -71.0275; on the 1946 topographical map the airfield extended less than 5,000 ft east from there (the east end of the field was at 42.361°N 71.012°W / 42.361; -71.012). During the 1940s the airport added 1,800 acres (730 ha) of landfill in Boston Harbor, taken from the former Governors, Noddle's and Apple Islands. In 1943 the state renamed the airport after Lt. General Edward Lawrence Logan, a Spanish–American War officer from South Boston. In 1952, Logan Airport became the first in the United States with an indirect rapid transit connection, with the opening of the Airport station on the Blue Line.

The March 1947 diagram shows 7,000 ft (2,100 m) runway 4 (future 4L) in use, with runways 9 and 33 under construction; a different runway 33 ran 6,700 ft (2,000 m) northwestward from the present intersection of 4R and 9, and runway 25 ran 4,000 ft (1,200 m) southwest from the present intersection of 4L and 33. The December 1950 diagram shows a layout similar to the current one: 7,000 ft (2,100 m) runway 4L, 10,000-ft 4R, 7,000-ft 9 and 7,650-ft 33.

Boston became a transatlantic gateway after World War II. In the late 1940s, American Overseas Airlines began operating a weekly Boston-Shannon-London service, and Pan American World Airways began operating nonstop service to Shannon Airport in Ireland and Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, continuing to London and Lisbon respectively. By the early 1950s, BOAC also offered nonstop Stratocruiser service to Prestwick Airport in Scotland, and Air France operated a multi-stop Constellation service linking Boston to Orly Airport in Paris. During this time, the United Kingdom's De Havilland Comet, the first ever jetliner in the world, also had direct flights to Boston courtesy of BOAC from their Heathrow hub. As of April 1957, the Official Airline Guide showed 49 weekday departures on American, 31 Eastern, 25 Northeast, 8 United, 7 TWA domestic, 6 National, 6 Mohawk, 2 TCA and one Provincetown-Boston. In addition TWA had nine departures a week to or from the Atlantic, Pan Am had 18, Air France 8, BOAC 4 and LAI 4.

Introduction of the jumbo jet and early international expansion

The jumbo jet era began at Logan in summer 1970 when Pan Am started daily Boeing 747s to London Heathrow Airport. Currently, the Boeing 747-400 is scheduled on flights to Boston by British Airways. Lufthansa also operates the Boeing 747-8i on its daily nonstop flights to Frankfurt.

Terminal E was the second largest international arrivals facility in the United States when it opened in 1974. Between 1974 and 2015, the number of international travelers at Logan has tripled. International long-haul travel has been the fastest growing market sector at the airport. Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) undertook the "Logan Modernization Project" from 1994 to 2006: a new parking garage, a new hotel, moving walkways, terminal expansions and improvements, and two-tiered roadways to separate arrival and departure traffic.

Massport's relationship with nearby communities has been strained since the mid-1960s, when the agency took control of a parcel of residential land and popular fishing area near the northwest side of the airfield. This project was undertaken to extend Runway 15R/33L, which later became Logan's longest runway. Residents of the neighborhood, known as Wood Island, were bought out of their homes and forced to relocate. Public opposition came to a head when residents lay down in the streets to block bulldozers and supply trucks from reaching the construction zone.

Modern international expansion and runway additions

Cargo loading of a Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 during a temporary closure due to heavy snowfall

Runway 14/32, Logan's first major runway addition in more than forty years, opened on November 23, 2006. It was proposed in 1973 but was delayed in the courts. According to Massport records, the first aircraft to use the new airstrip was a Continental Express ERJ-145 regional jet landing on Runway 32, on the morning of December 2, 2006.

In April 2007, the FAA approved construction of a center field taxiway long-sought by Massport. The 9,300-foot (2,830 m) taxiway is between, and parallel to, Runways 4R/22L and 4L/22R. News of the project angered neighboring residents. In 2009 the taxiway opened ahead of schedule and under budget. To ensure the taxiway is not mistaken for a runway, "TAXI" is written in large yellow letters at each end.

A scene from the 2006 film The Departed was filmed at Logan, inside the connector bridge between Terminal E and the Central Parking Garage. Terminal C and several United Airlines and Northwest Airlines aircraft can be seen in the background. Parts of the Delta Air Lines 2007 "Anthem" commercial were filmed in Terminal A as well as the connector bridge between Terminal A and Central Parking.

In October 2009 US Airways announced it would close its Boston crew base in May 2010. The airline cited an "operations realignment" as the reason. Over 400 employees were transferred or terminated.

After starting service to Logan in 2004, JetBlue was a major operator at Logan Airport by 2008 and its largest carrier by 2011, with flights to cities throughout North America and the Caribbean. The airline has plans to expand to 150+ flights by the end of 2015.

The Airbus A380 first landed at Logan International Airport for compatibility checks on February 8, 2010. On March 26, 2017, British Airways began flying the A380 to Logan, operating the aircraft three times per week.

Facilities

Logan International Airport has four lettered passenger terminals, A, B, C, and E, and 102 gate positions total. With the exception of flights from destinations with U.S. Customs and Border Protection preclearance, inbound international flights arrive at Terminal E for customs screening since the other terminals do not have customs screening facilities. All terminals are connected by pre-security shuttle buses and by the SL1 branch of the MBTA Silver Line BRT, as well as between Terminals A, B, and E via pre-security moving walkways. Moving walkways also connect the terminals to a central parking garage designed for consolidated service between all four terminals and the garage itself.

Terminal A

Ticketing hall of Terminal A at night

Terminal A, which replaced a 1970s-era building once occupied by the now-defunct Eastern Air Lines, opened to passengers on March 16, 2005. The terminal is primarily used by Delta Air Lines for its focus city operations and is divided into a main terminal and a satellite terminal, which are connected via an underground pedestrian tunnel under the ramp. The new redesigned Terminal A was developed under a special facility lease between Massachusetts Port Authority and Delta. On September 14, 2005, six months after opening, Delta filed for bankruptcy and consequently had to reduce the number of gates it leased. Terminal A features two Delta Sky Clubs. One is located on the third floor of the satellite building, and a newer one opened at the site of the former Continental Airlines Presidents Club in the main terminal building.

The building is the first airport terminal in the United States to be LEED certified for environmentally friendly design by the U.S. Green Building Council. Among the building's features are heat-reflecting roof and windows, low-flow faucets and waterless urinals, self-dimming lights and stormwater filtration.

In December 2018, Delta announced an expansion of routes to take effect in 2019, which will result in Southwest Airlines moving to Terminal B, and Delta regaining all of Terminal A (other than one gate subleased to WestJet, itself a codeshare airline with Delta).

Terminal B

Logan Airport's Terminal B

Terminal B, designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associates and Desmond & Lord, Inc., opened in 1974. Pier B was completed for US Airways in 1974 and Pier A for American in 1975. The terminal remained largely unchanged until US Airways expanded its operations at Logan in 1979 and improvements designed by HNTB were constructed in 1980. From 1980 until 2000, numerous small projects including passenger seating area improvements, concessions expansions and passenger lounges were completed at both piers. American's facilities were renovated in 1995 and redesigned by Gresham, Smith & Partners, and US Airways' facilities were renovated in 1998 and 2000, and redesigned by URS Corporation with Turner Construction serving as the construction manager.

Until 2014, Terminal B was split into north and south buildings, with a parking garage between the two buildings. The gates of the south building are divided into three groups. The gates of the north building are divided into two groups. American, Spirit and United operate out of Terminal B. United and American both operate lounges in the terminal for their customers.

Between 2012 and 2014, Terminal B underwent a $160 million renovation, which was completed in April 2014. It created a post-security walkway that connects Terminal B North to Terminal B South. The renovation also included 24 new ticket counter spots, eight new departure lounges, new concession space, and a new baggage carousel. United, formerly located in Terminals A and C, began operating all flights out of Terminal B effective April 2014.

Terminal C

JetBlue Gate 34 is dedicated to David Ortiz, former designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox.

Terminal C opened in 1967 and was designed by Perry, Shaw, Hepburn and Dean. It underwent renovations in 1987, 2002 and 2005. Continuing the renovations of Terminal C, a post-security connection between Terminal C and Terminal E opened in Summer 2016, allowing for seamless connections between the two terminals, part of Massport's plan to ultimately connect all terminals post-security. The terminal serves Aer Lingus, Alaska Airlines, Cape Air, JetBlue Airways, Sun Country, and TAP Air Portugal.

The former Terminal D gates (the three gates at the north end of Terminal C) were renumbered and labeled as part of Terminal E in February 2006. These three gates were used, as part of Terminal E, by Southwest until their move to Terminal A. In 2016, following construction of an airside connector between Terminals E and C, these three gates were renumbered again.

The airport's USO Lounge is located in the baggage claim area of Terminal C, lower level. It offers most typical amenities as other markets as major as Greater Boston. Military ID is mandatory.

The terminal is also home to the airport's chapel, Our Lady of the Airways, which is considered the first airport chapel in the United States. The chapel was originally Catholic, but is now non-denominational. The chapel has existed in two incarnations. The chapel opened in 1951.

Terminal E

The International Arrivals Hall in Terminal E (Volpe International Terminal)

Terminal E, also known as the John A. Volpe International Terminal named after the former Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Secretary of Transportation, serves as the international terminal for Logan and therefore houses the majority of its international arrivals (excluding flights from destinations that have U.S. border preclearance). Also, most non-U.S. carriers excluding Aer Lingus, Air Canada, TAP Air Portugal, and WestJet depart from Terminal E. The terminal was completed in 1974 and designed by Kubitz & Papi, Inc. and Desmond & Lord, Inc. Massport completed the "Terminal E Modernization" project in August 1997 which improved the passenger facilities. The International Gateway Project, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and DMJM Aviation, added 410,000 square feet to the terminal in 2003 and the entire project was completed in 2008.

Terminal E has a total of 12 gates. All gates within the terminal are designated as common-use, meaning gates are assigned mostly based on an operational need, and no specific airline claims ownership of any of those gates. All ticket counters and gates in Terminal E are shared among the international carriers. Terminal E has several airline lounges (e.g., Air France Lounge, British Airways' First Lounge and Terraces Lounge, Lufthansa's First Lounge and Business Lounges, Virgin Atlantic's Clubhouse Lounge).

The third level of Terminal E is used for departures, the second for passport control via U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the ground level for arrivals and customs, also via U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Federal Inspection Station located in Terminal E is capable of processing over 2,000 passengers per hour.

Terminal E underwent a $100 million renovation which started in 2014, and includes a post-security connector between Terminals E and C (opened summer 2016), improved immigration and passport control kiosks, and gates capable of serving the Airbus A380. The Terminal E expansion was completed in late January 2017.

Runways

Runways and terminals at BOS

Located partly in East Boston and partly in the Town of Winthrop, on Boston Harbor, Logan International Airport covers an area of 2,384 acres (965 ha) which contains six runways:

• Runway 4L/22R: 7,861 ft × 150 ft (2,396 m × 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 4R/22L: 10,006 ft × 150 ft (3,050 m × 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 9/27: 7,001 ft × 150 ft (2,134 m × 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 14/32: 5,000 ft × 100 ft (1,524 m × 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 15L/33R: 2,557 ft × 100 ft (779 m × 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 15R/33L: 10,083 ft × 150 ft (3,073 m × 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

ILS is available for runways 4R, 15R, 22L, 27, and 33L, with runways 4R and 33L are certified for CAT III Instrument Landing operations. The other runways with ILS are certified for CAT I Instrument Landing operations. EMAS pads are located at the starting thresholds of runways 22R and 33L.

Depending on the prevailing winds, different runways are used for takeoffs and landings:

Logan flight patterns

Wind from	Preferred Runways		Percentage of operations
	Departures	Arrivals
NE	4L, 4R, 9	4L, 4R	18%
SW	22L, 22R	22L, 22R, 27	28%
NW	33L, 27	33L, 32, 27	37%
SE	15R, 14, 9	15R, 15L	17%

Notes

Logan control tower (2007)

The distinctive central control tower, nearly a dozen stories high, is a local landmark with its pair of segmented elliptical pylons and a six-story platform trussed between them.

Logan Airport has two cargo facilities: North Cargo is adjacent to Terminal E and South Cargo adjacent to Terminals A and B. North Cargo is also the location of several maintenance hangars, including those operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and JetBlue.

Runway 14/32, which opened to air traffic on November 23, 2006, is unidirectional. Runway 32 is used for landings and 14 is used for takeoffs. Massport is barred by a court order from using the runway for overland landings or takeoffs, except in emergencies.

There was fierce opposition towards the construction of 14/32 among communities adjacent to the northwest side of the airport, such as Chelsea and East Boston, as authorities acknowledged these areas would likely see increased noise levels. Many Residents of Winthrop and Revere also joined in opposition, even though Massport had predicted the new traffic patterns allowed by 14/32 would actually reduce overflights and noise in those areas.

Since the opening of the new runway, there has been disagreement about when and how often it should operate. Residents have demanded a minimum of 11.5-knot (21.3 km/h) northwest winds, slightly higher than the 10-knot (19 km/h) threshold favored by Massport.

The new runway 14/32 reduces the need for improving existing Runway 15L/33R, which, at only 2,557 feet (779 m) is among the shortest hard-surface runways at major airports in the United States. In 1988, Massport had proposed a 800-foot (240 m) extension to 15L/33R (a project which would have required additional filling-in some land along a "clam bed"), but was thwarted by a court injunction.

Boston's Hyatt Harborside Hotel, which sits only a few hundred yards from the runway threshold, was built primarily to prevent Massport from ever extending the length of 14/32 or using it for takeoffs or landings over the city. Massachusetts state legislators carefully chose the location of the hotel—directly in the runway centerline—prior to its construction in 1992.

Ground transportation

A Blue Line train approaching the northbound platform (left) at Airport station; the southbound platform is on the right side of the image.

Boston Logan International Airport has the accolade of "Easiest Airport to Get To" in a 2007 article on aviation.com because of the variety of options to/from the airport. These options include cars, taxis, the MBTA Blue and Silver lines, regional bus services, shared ride vans, ferries, limousines and an in-house airport operator (Massport) intercity bus common carrier service offered by few U.S. airports, Logan Express, which is essentially Massport's equivalent to services such as Greyhound Lines, and can transport people from all four terminals at Logan to Back Bay, Braintree, Framingham, Peabody, or Woburn, or vice versa. Logan is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Back Bay, a short distance compared with airports relative to their distance to an equivalent downtown in other major U.S. cities.

By public roads, the airport is accessible via Exit 26 of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90, colloquially MassPike), near its eastern terminus, which provides easy access from the west via the Ted Williams Tunnel. East of Exit 26, I-90 transitions to Route 1A to Revere, Lynn, and points north, as well as New Hampshire. From the south, travelers on Interstate 93 can connect to the MassPike east, through the Ted Williams Tunnel and take exit 26 to reach the airport. From the north, I-93 traffic to the airport uses the Callahan Tunnel, Route 1A North. Additionally, road traffic from most of downtown Boston, Back Bay, Fenway Park and its surrounding district, or Boston University uses the Callahan Tunnel. The westbound tunnel parallel to the Callahan Tunnel is known as the Sumner Tunnel. From the North Shore, access is via Route 1A South.

Massport's Airport Shuttle provides free service between all terminals, the Airport station on the Blue Line and the Rental Car Center, as well as additional service to the water transportation dock located on Harborside Drive.

The SL1 branch of the MBTA's Silver Line bus rapid transit service connects all Logan terminals with South Station, a major transportation hub in the downtown Boston financial district that serves MBTA Commuter Rail, Amtrak, Red Line subway and intercity bus. Airport station on the MBTA's Blue Line subway, despite its name, is not in the airport terminal itself; free shuttle buses carry passengers between the Airport station and the terminal buildings. The Blue Line connects with the Orange Line at State, which provides service to both North Station and Back Bay Station the two other major rail transportation hubs for Boston. A transfer to the Green Line, which also runs to North Station, is available at Government Center station. The SL3 branch of the Silver Line connects Chelsea with the Airport Station.

A 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m²) $310 million rental car center opened on September 24, 2013 consolidating all rental car companies into one shared building. Advantage, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, E-Z Rent-A-Car, Hertz, National and Thrifty rental car companies operate out of the new facility which has 3,200 parking spaces across four levels. Access to the new facility is done through a new unified bus system consisting of 28 fuel efficient clean hybrid buses operated by Massport which provides service between all the terminals and the rental car center.

Public safety

Police services are provided by the Massachusetts State Police Troop F. Fire protection is the responsibility of the Massport Fire Rescue. Even though the airport is technically within city limits, under Massachusetts state law municipal police such as the Boston Police Department do not have jurisdiction on Massport property.

A 250-foot security zone, established in 2002, surrounds the waters around the airport which are marked by 29 buoys indicating the restricted area. The area is patrolled by the Massachusetts State Police, the Boston Police Department, the Massachusetts Environmental Police, the United States Coast Guard and the Boston and Winthrop Harbormasters. Anyone who enters the zone for non-emergency purposes is subject to prosecution and is entered into a State Police database that tracks offenders.

Other facilities

Our Lady of the Airways Chapel at the airport. The chapel is the oldest airport chapel in the United States, opening originally in 1951 in another part of the airport.

Currently, major air cargo companies such as British Airways World Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, Cathay Pacific Cargo, Martinair Cargo, China Airlines Cargo, EVA Air Cargo and many more cargo carriers have cargo offices on Airport property. Also, American Airlines, Delta and JetBlue have maintenance hangars at the airport, all located adjacent to the office building near Terminal E and the North Cargo Terminal. Delta TechOps is Delta Air Lines primary maintenance, repair and overhaul arm.

Also located on the property is the Amelia Earhart General Aviation Terminal which is located near Runway 14/32 and next to the Massport Fire Rescue headquarters. The terminal was built in 1980 and dedicated to former Boston resident Earhart in 1984. Until 2006, American Eagle flights flew out of the terminal when all flights were consolidated in the former B22-29 gates in Pier A, the north building of Terminal B. Passengers had to take a shuttle bus from Terminal B to the Earhart Terminal. The terminal currently sits mostly unused.

Terminal C is home to the airport's chapel, Our Lady of the Airways. Opened in 1951, it is considered the first airport chapel in the United States. The chapel was originally Catholic, but is now non-denominational.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Refs
Aer Lingus	Dublin Seasonal: Shannon
Air Canada	Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Vancouver
Air Canada Express	Halifax, Montréal–Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto–Pearson
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Alaska Airlines	Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino
American Airlines	Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Washington–National Seasonal: Cancún, Montego Bay, Providenciales, Punta Cana
American Eagle	Harrisburg, New York–JFK, Rochester (NY), Syracuse
Avianca	Bogotá
Avianca El Salvador	San Salvador
Azores Airlines	Ponta Delgada, Terceira Seasonal: Lisbon
Boutique Air	Massena (ends March 31, 2019)
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Cabo Verde Airlines	Praia
Cape Air	Albany, Augusta (ME), Bar Harbor, Hyannis, Lebanon, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Provincetown, Rockland, Rutland, Saranac Lake/Lake Placid
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong
Copa Airlines	Panama City
Delta Air Lines	Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Bermuda, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Orlando, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Raleigh/Durham, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, West Palm Beach Seasonal: Aruba, Cancún, Dublin, Edinburgh (begins May 23, 2019), Lisbon (begins May 23, 2019), Montego Bay, Providenciales, Punta Cana, St. Thomas
Delta Connection	Buffalo, Charleston (SC), Chicago–O'Hare (begins September 8, 2019), Cincinnati, Cleveland (begins March 3, 2019), Columbus–Glenn, Indianapolis, Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, Newark (begins September 9, 2019), New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Savannah, Washington–National (begins September 8, 2019) Seasonal: Fort Myers, Myrtle Beach, Nassau, New Orleans, Sarasota (resumes March 2, 2019), West Palm Beach
El Al	Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Emirates	Dubai–International
Frontier Airlines	Raleigh/Durham (begins May 1, 2019), Orlando (begins April 19, 2019) Seasonal: Denver (begins April 30, 2019)
Hainan Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong
Hawaiian Airlines	Honolulu (begins April 4, 2019)
Iberia	Madrid
Icelandair	Reykjavík–Keflavík
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Narita
JetBlue Airways	Aruba, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Barbados, Bermuda, Buffalo, Burbank, Cancún, Charleston (SC), Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Havana, Houston–Hobby, Jacksonville (FL), Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montego Bay, Nashville, Nassau, New Orleans, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Punta Cana, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Juan, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Savannah, Seattle/Tacoma, Syracuse, Tampa, Washington–National, West Palm Beach Seasonal: Grand Cayman, Hayden/Steamboat Springs, Liberia (CR), Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Oakland, Palm Springs, Port-au-Prince, Portland (OR), Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Sacramento, Sarasota, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Thomas
KLM	Amsterdam (resumes March 31, 2019)
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon (resumes April 12, 2019)
LATAM Brasil	São Paulo–Guarulhos
Level	Barcelona
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Norwegian Air Shuttle	London–Gatwick, Paris–Charles de Gaulle Seasonal: Madrid (begins May 2, 2019), Rome–Fiumicino (begins March 31, 2019)
Porter Airlines	Toronto–Billy Bishop
Qatar Airways	Doha
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca (begins June 22, 2019)
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal: Copenhagen
Silver Airways	Seasonal: Bar Harbor
Southwest Airlines	Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Columbus–Glenn, Dallas–Love, Denver, Houston–Hobby, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, St. Louis Seasonal: New Orleans, Orlando, Tampa
Spirit Airlines	Atlanta, Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, Orlando, Raleigh/Durham (begins May 2, 2019) Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort Myers, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Tampa, West Palm Beach
Sun Country Airlines	Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
Tradewind Aviation	White Plains
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk (ends February 28, 2019), Istanbul–Havalimanı (begins March 1, 2019)
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles
United Express	Chicago–O'Hare, Cleveland (ends March 7, 2019), Newark, Washington–Dulles
Virgin Atlantic	London–Heathrow Seasonal: Manchester (UK)
WestJet Encore	Halifax, Toronto–Pearson
WOW air	Reykjavík–Keflavík

Destination map

Map of domestic, Canadian, and Bermudian destinations

International Destination maps
Boston Halifax Montréal-Trudeau Ottawa Toronto-Pearson Vancouver Cancún Mexico City San Salvador Panama City Liberia Aruba Barbados Havana Montego Bay Nassau Punta Cana San Juan Santiago de los Caballeros Santo Domingo–Las Américas Grand Cayman Port-au-Prince Providenciales Puerto Plata St. Lucia St. Maarten St. Thomas class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination
Honolulu class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination
Copenhagen Paris-Charles de Gaulle Frankfurt Munich Reykjavík–Keflavík Dublin Shannon Rome–Fiumicino Amsterdam Lisbon Barcelona Madrid Zürich Istanbul London-Gatwick London-Heathrow Edinburgh Manchester class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination
Ponta Delgada Terceira class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination
Beijing-Capital Shanghai-Pudong Hong Kong Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Tokyo-Narita Doha Seoul-Incheon Dubai-International class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination
São Paulo–Guarulhos Bogotá class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination
Praia Casablanca class=notpageimage| Destinations from Boston (Red) = Year-round Destination (Blue) = Seasonal Destination (Green) = Future Destination

Cargo

Logan Airport is a medium-sized airport in terms of cargo, handling 684,875 tons of freight in 2012, making it the 10th busiest airport in the U.S. in terms of cargo. It handles many U.S.-based cargo airlines, including DHL Aviation, FedEx Express and UPS Airlines. It also has cargo offices for many international cargo carriers, including British Airways World Cargo, Cathay Pacific Cargo, China Airlines Cargo, EVA Air Cargo, LATAM Cargo Chile and Saudia Cargo. It has two cargo complexes: The North Cargo Terminal, located near Terminal E, and South Cargo, located near Terminal A. Given the airport is the 10th busiest cargo facility in the country, with many companies operating at the airport, it has been recognized that future expansion of cargo from Logan is limited due to constrained physical space for expansion.

Statistics

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from BOS
(December 2017 – November 2018)

Rank	Airport	Passengers	Airlines Served
1	Atlanta, Georgia	986,410	Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
2	Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois	972,670	American, JetBlue, Spirit, United
3	Los Angeles, California	782,590	Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue, United
4	San Francisco, California	737,110	Alaska, Delta, JetBlue, United
5	Washington–National, D.C.	707,610	American, JetBlue
6	New York–LaGuardia, New York	647,510	American, Delta, JetBlue
7	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	616,410	American, Delta, JetBlue
8	Orlando, Florida	583,470	Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
9	Baltimore, Maryland	576,610	JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
10	Newark, New Jersey	518,290	JetBlue, United

Busiest international routes to and from BOS (2016)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	London–Heathrow, United Kingdom	791,190	British Airways, Delta, Virgin Atlantic
2	Toronto–Pearson, Canada	450,085	Air Canada, WestJet
3	Dublin, Ireland	347,279	Aer Lingus, Delta
4	Dubai–International, United Arab Emirates	346,464	Emirates
5	Paris–Charles de Gaulle, France	344,087	Air France, Delta, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Primera Air
6	Reykjavík–Keflavík, Iceland	334,435	Icelandair, WOW air
7	Frankfurt, Germany	273,197	Lufthansa
8	Amsterdam, Netherlands	255,965	Delta
9	Toronto–Billy Bishop, Canada	196,029	Porter Airlines
10	Zurich, Switzerland	179,885	Swiss

Airline market share

Busiest airlines serving BOS (December 2017 – November 2018)

Rank	Carrier	Passengers	Share
1	JetBlue Airways	10,377,000	31.69%
2	American Airlines	6,486,000	19.81%
3	Delta Air Lines	4,563,000	13.93%
4	United Airlines	3,908,000	11.93%
5	Southwest Airlines	2,899,000	8.85%

Annual traffic

Annual traffic

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Cargo (tonnage)
1998	26,526,708		507,449	701,921
1999	27,052,078	02.0%	494,816	712,084
2000	27,726,833	02.5%	487,996	726,174
2001	24,474,930	011.7%	463,125	672,399
2002	22,696,141	07.3%	392,079	694,805
2003	22,791,169	00.4%	373,304	672,419
2004	26,142,516	014.7%	405,258	679,637
2005	27,087,905	03.6%	409,066	670,759
2006	27,725,443	02.4%	406,119	639,534
2007	28,102,455	01.4%	399,537	652,654
2008	26,102,651	07.1%	371,604	621,567
2009	25,512,086	02.3%	345,306	666,888
2010	27,428,962	07.5%	352,643	670,190
2011	28,907,938	05.4%	368,987	684,606
2012	29,325,617	01.4%	354,869	684,875
2013	30,318,631	03.4%	361,339	691,229
2014	31,634,445	04.7%	363,797	695,123
2015	33,449,580	05.7%	372,930	684,970
2016	36,288,042	08.5%	391,222	703,786
2017	38,412,419	05.9%	401,371	679,408
2018	40,941,925	06.6%	424,024	704,201

Accidents and incidents

Accidents

• On October 4, 1960, Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra crashed into the sea while attempting to take off from Logan Airport. 62 people died and 10 people survived, incurring serious injuries.
• On November 15, 1961, A Vickers Viscount N6592C of Northeast Airlines was written off when it collided with a Douglas DC-6 N8228H of National Airlines after landing at Logan International Airport. The DC-6 had started to take-off without receiving clearance to do so.
• On March 10, 1964, a Slick Airways DC-4 crashed 2.1 km (1.3 miles) southwest of Logan whilst on final approach. All three occupants were killed. Loss of control due to accumulation of ice on the horizontal stabilizer causing the aircraft to pitch down was the probable cause.
• On July 31, 1973, Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashed into the seawall, causing the deaths of all 83 passengers and 6 crew members on board. One of the passengers initially survived the accident but later died in a hospital.
• On November 3, 1973, Pan Am Flight 160, a Boeing 707-321C cargo aircraft, crashed on approach to Boston-Logan. Smoke in the cockpit caused the pilots to lose control. Three people died in the accident.
• On December 17, 1973, Iberia Airlines Flight 933 from Madrid Barajas International Airport collided with the ALS system 500 feet short of the runway threshold, critically damaging the front landing gear and causing it to collapse. The aircraft came to a rest 300 feet short of the runway. All 168 onboard survived, however the aircraft was written off and was the first hull loss of a DC-10.
• On January 23, 1982, World Airways Flight 30 from Newark to Boston made a non-precision instrument approach to runway 15R and touched down 2,800 feet (850 m) past the displaced threshold on an icy runway. When the crew sensed that the DC-10-30-CF couldn't be stopped on the remaining runway, they steered the DC-10 off the side of the runway to avoid the approach light pier, and slid into the shallow water of Boston Harbor. The nose section separated as the DC-10 came to rest 250 feet (76 m) past the runway end, 110 feet (34 m) left of the extended centerline. Two passengers (a father and son) were never found and are presumed to have been swept out to sea.

Incidents

Gate C19 was the departure gate for United Airlines Flight 175 on 9/11

• On October 2, 1954, a Massachusetts Air National Guard F94 Starfire experienced engine failure and crashed near Logan Airport. Its pilot, First Lieutenant James O. Conway sacrificed his life by veering the plane into an embankment on Bayswater Street in East Boston. A memorial was placed nearby.
• On July 2, 1976, an unoccupied Eastern Airlines L-188 Electra parked at Boston Logan Airport was destroyed by a bomb planted in the landing gear compartment. No one was injured.
• The two aircraft hijacked in the September 11, 2001 attacks that were flown into, and ultimately destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center – American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 – originated at Logan. American flags now fly over gates B32 and C19, the respective gates that the two planes pushed back from.
• On June 9, 2005, US Airways Flight 1170 and Aer Lingus Flight 132 narrowly avoided collision when they were cleared for takeoff nearly simultaneously on intersecting runways by two different controllers. The crew of the US Airways flight spotted the oncoming Aer Lingus jet and avoided a collision by keeping their own aircraft on the runway past their normal rotation point, allowing the Aer Lingus flight to pass over them. Both flights lifted off safely and continued to their destinations without further incident.
• On January 7, 2013, ground crew workers noticed smoke coming out from the battery compartment in a parked Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the gate. This fire was caused by overcharged lithium-ion batteries, eventually leading to the grounding of the worldwide Boeing 787 fleet and subsequent redesign of the battery systems.

Alternate airports

The two historically known alternative airports to Logan are both located outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Manchester–Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire, located approximately 53 statute miles (85 km) north-northwest of Logan, which converts to an average drive time of 62 minutes via I-90 and I-93; and T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, located 60 statute miles (97 km) south-southwest of Logan, averaging 76 minutes from Logan via I-90, I-93 and I-95, or a 100-minute ride via the Silver Line SL1 bus to South Station and then the Providence/Stoughton Line commuter rail to T. F. Green Airport station. Massport does not operate these facilities.

Worcester Regional Airport in Worcester, which is also operated by Massport, also serves as an alternative to Logan, albeit known more recently as such. Currently, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines, and Rectrix Shuttle are the only commercial airlines providing service to Worcester, although Delta Air Lines intends to begin service in August 2019. In late 2017, the airport finished construction on a Category IIIb Landing System that will allow for arrivals and departures in virtually all weather conditions. The increased reliability, which has been the main concern for airlines operating at the notoriously foggy airport over the years, is expected to draw additional service. The airport is located 47 statute miles (76 km) due west of Logan, primarily accessed via Interstates I-90 and I-290.

See also

• Airports in Massachusetts
• Airports in the Boston area
• Busiest airports in the United States by both domestic and international passengers
• Busiest airports in the United States by total passenger boardings
• Class B airports in the United States
• List of international airports by country
• September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
• US busiest airports by international passenger traffic
• World War II Army Airfields in Massachusetts
• World's busiest airports by cargo traffic
• World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic
• World's busiest airports by passenger traffic
• World's busiest airports by traffic movements

External links

Media related to Logan International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Logan International Airport on Facebook
• Template:Google+
• Terminal Map of Logan International Airport
• "Airport Wayfinder: Boston Logan". airportwayfinder.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
• Noise Complaints
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 8, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KBOS
  • ASN accident history for BOS
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KBOS
  • FAA current BOS delay information