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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Hartford

MSPBDL · 1,050 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bradley International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
834
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 834 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–BDL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

MSP–BDL flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Fridays. On Mondays: 74%.

Ticking up lately.

MSP–BDL flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon74%(120 flights)
  • Tue84%(122 flights)
  • Wed85%(122 flights)
  • Thu79%(122 flights)
  • Fri86%(125 flights)
  • Sat85%(87 flights)
  • Sun80%(117 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(126 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(175 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(159 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(345 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 82% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%84
July 202578%83
August 202585%81
September 202582%77
October 202582%85
November 202588%59
December 202572%58
January 202678%51
February 202680%45
March 202684%55
April 202684%55
May 202684%82

Based on 834 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.