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Route Reliability

Hartford → Washington

BDL–IAD · 325 miles · Bradley International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
1,404
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,404 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BDL–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 56% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

BDL–IAD flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

Ticking up lately.

BDL–IAD flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(191 flights)
  • Tue85%(189 flights)
  • Wed84%(195 flights)
  • Thu81%(197 flights)
  • Fri81%(201 flights)
  • Sat84%(192 flights)
  • Sun77%(202 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(357 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(355 flights)
  • 12–3 PM56%(246 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(107 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(302 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 68% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%117
July 202578%114
August 202581%122
September 202586%120
October 202584%123
November 202579%115
December 202574%121
January 202684%90
February 202686%92
March 202684%117
April 202690%116
May 202687%120

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Based on 1,404 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.