Boston has 2 of essentially the most turbulent aircraft routes in North America, in keeping with a report

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Different New England routes made the record as effectively.

An American Airways aircraft heads in for a touchdown at Boston Logan Worldwide Airport. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Employees

Vacationers on two Boston airline routes could also be in for a bumpy trip, in keeping with a brand new report.


  • A journey web site picked this Boston airline route as one among its favorites of 2023

A report launched by the turbulence monitoring web site Turbli named the ten North American routes with the very best common turbulence in 2023 and included two Boston routes: Boston to Syracuse ranked No. 9 and Boston to Philadelphia ranked No. 10.

Probably the most turbulent route in North America is Nashville to Raleigh/Durham, in keeping with the report.

“Turbulence is air motion created by atmospheric strain, jet streams, air round mountains, chilly or heat climate fronts or thunderstorms. It may be sudden and may occur when the sky seems to be clear. Turbulence can provide an airplane a sudden jolt that may injure passengers and flight crewmembers who aren’t buckled in,” in keeping with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The report analyzed the turbulence ranges of 150,000 airline routes at their common cruising altitude by taking a look at their eddy dissipation charge (EDR), a measure of turbulence depth. Solely lively routes as of December 2023 have been ranked.

Each Boston routes have an EDR of 14.453, and essentially the most turbulent route, between Nashville and Raleigh/Durham, has an EDR of 14.728, in keeping with the report. Turbli deems an EDR of 0-20 as mild, 20-40 as reasonable, 40-80 as extreme, and 80-100 as excessive.

Two different New England routes made the record: Warwick, R.I. to Syracuse, N.Y. ranked No. 5 (with an EDR of 14.494) and New York to Portland, Maine ranked No. 8 (with an EDR of 14.457).

Between 2009 and 2022, 34 passengers and 129 crew members have been significantly injured by turbulence, in keeping with the FAA. Passengers can greatest stop turbulence accidents by staying of their seat with their seatbelt buckled always, the company says.

In 2022, after passenger accidents from turbulence in different components of the nation made the information, Boston.com readers shared their turbulence tales.

Try the record of 10 North American routes with the very best common turblence.