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Airport Reliability

BDL · Hartford

Bradley International Airport

81%
Departures within 15 minutes
13 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 23,824 departures and 23,828 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from BDL departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 56% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from BDL arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from BDL arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

When BDL gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(1614 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(7034 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(3340 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(3976 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(4554 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(2594 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(50 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(3363 flights)
  • Tue83%(3118 flights)
  • Wed82%(3164 flights)
  • Thu79%(3469 flights)
  • Fri79%(3463 flights)
  • Sat78%(3124 flights)
  • Sun73%(3461 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 76% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%2092
July 202574%2094
August 202579%2110
September 202587%1823
October 202582%2024
November 202581%1912
December 202568%1904
January 202675%1621
February 202677%1630
March 202679%1887
April 202682%1999
May 202685%2066

Airlines departing BDL

Busiest routes from BDL

Based on 23,824 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.