Bradley International Airport (BDL) delays & on-time performance
Hartford, Connecticut · 24 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at BDL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
536 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
77 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 22,344 departures from BDL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into BDL were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Bradley International Airport (BDL) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.4% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (71%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (93% on time); around 7pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).
Most delayed routes from BDL
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SJU · San Juan61%966 flts
- DCA · Washington68%1,708 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale69%721 flts
- PBI · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach71%516 flts
- MCO · Orlando74%1,895 flts
- TPA · Tampa75%682 flts
- ORD · Chicago76%2,365 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth76%681 flts
- MDW · Chicago81%824 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia82%571 flts
Most reliable routes from BDL
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- JFK · New York91%365 flts
- MIA · Miami90%429 flts
- DTW · Detroit89%1,269 flts
- IAD · Washington85%1,077 flts
- BNA · Nashville85%390 flts
- ATL · Atlanta84%2,318 flts
- DEN · Denver84%890 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis83%832 flts
- BWI · Baltimore83%1,749 flts
- CLT · Charlotte82%1,677 flts
Best airline at BDL
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 2.2% | 11 min | 3 | 4,282 |
| Spirit Airlines | 84% | 0.0% | 14 min | 5 | 148 |
| United Airlines | 82% | 1.4% | 15 min | 4 | 2,581 |
| Southwest Airlines | 81% | 1.5% | 12 min | 8 | 4,081 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.6% | 21 min | 6 | 3,891 |
| Republic Airways | 75% | 3.3% | 18 min | 4 | 1,255 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 75% | 2.6% | 18 min | 1 | 266 |
| Envoy Air | 74% | 5.2% | 16 min | 2 | 153 |
| JetBlue | 71% | 2.4% | 22 min | 7 | 3,960 |
| PSA Airlines | 71% | 6.6% | 27 min | 3 | 1,127 |
| Frontier Airlines | 68% | 2.2% | 34 min | 4 | 600 |
Best time to fly out of BDL
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%1,576 flts
- 6am88%3,486 flts
- 7am87%2,176 flts
- 8am86%1,414 flts
- 9am85%1,042 flts
- 10am83%802 flts
- 11am81%1,232 flts
- 12pm77%1,788 flts
- 1pm76%983 flts
- 2pm70%1,005 flts
- 3pm73%1,287 flts
- 4pm66%1,312 flts
- 5pm66%1,973 flts
- 6pm67%925 flts
- 7pm64%1,020 flts
- 8pm62%272 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.