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Route Reliability

Hartford → Washington

BDLDCA · 313 miles · Bradley International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
6.0%
Cancelled
1,744
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 1,744 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BDL–DCA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 52% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BDL–DCA flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

BDL–DCA flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(249 flights)
  • Tue72%(243 flights)
  • Wed70%(249 flights)
  • Thu66%(253 flights)
  • Fri67%(246 flights)
  • Sat81%(165 flights)
  • Sun62%(229 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(270 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(147 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(243 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(382 flights)
  • 3–6 PM54%(313 flights)
  • 6–9 PM52%(279 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 66% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%147
July 202571%143
August 202565%164
September 202567%117
October 202575%139
November 202565%132
December 202559%123
January 202674%126
February 202662%123
March 202671%140
April 202672%134
May 202677%146

Based on 1,744 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.