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Airport month · August 2023

Bradley International in August 2023

77.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,832 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.1% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 70.8% of the time (1,832 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 28%.

Every scheduled departure from BDL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierBDL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time77.6%—79.0%76.7%
Arrived on time76.1%—76.7%76.9%
Cancelled1.4%—2.4%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.6 min—16.3 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day61—6120,100
Scheduled departures1,832—22,344602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines36120%85.0%7.0 min0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines34719%77.2%5.9 min1.4%
AA American Airlines27815%81.3%7.2 min0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways24814%66.1%19.1 min2.0%
UA United Airlines19210%79.2%2.5 min0.5%
OH PSA Airlines915%74.7%2.9 min1.1%
YX Republic Airline885%79.5%-0.2 min3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines764%48.7%41.2 min5.3%
NK Spirit Airlines764%61.8%37.6 min1.3%
9E Endeavor Air302%90.0%9.1 min3.3%
MQ Envoy Air271%74.1%9.3 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines181%44.4%128.9 min5.6%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BDL–ORDHartford to Chicago17173.7%18.4 min0.6%
BDL–DCAHartford to Washington17076.5%1.5 min2.4%
BDL–ATLHartford to Atlanta16785.6%0.5 min0.6%
BDL–MCOHartford to Orlando16560.0%35.7 min1.8%
BDL–CLTHartford to Charlotte15479.9%12.1 min0.6%
BDL–BWIHartford to Baltimore14386.7%0.8 min2.1%
BDL–DTWHartford to Detroit11881.4%19.6 min0.8%
BDL–SJUHartford to San Juan10744.9%37.9 min1.9%
BDL–MSPHartford to Minneapolis7989.9%1.4 min0.0%
BDL–IADHartford to Washington7582.7%1.3 min1.3%
BDL–DENHartford to Denver6674.2%-1.3 min0.0%
BDL–TPAHartford to Tampa6668.2%6.1 min6.1%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier37.4%36.7%12,197
Late-arriving aircraft33.6%42.2%10,947
National Aviation System27.6%15.7%8,998
Extreme weather1.3%5.1%421
Security0.1%0.2%38
32,601 delay minutes on 407 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BDL on time in August 2023?

77.6% of 1,832 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BDL · methodology · corrections.