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Airport month · December 2023
Bradley International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,671 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 78.1% of the time (1,671 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 83.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | — | 79.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 83.0% | — | 76.7% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 2.4% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.9 min | — | 16.3 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 56 | — | 61 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,671 | — | 22,344 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 350 | 21% | 83.1% | -3.1 min | 2.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 295 | 18% | 78.0% | 10.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 295 | 18% | 92.5% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 253 | 15% | 75.5% | 36.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 143 | 9% | 93.0% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 92 | 6% | 83.7% | -6.6 min | 2.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 53 | 3% | 90.6% | -13.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 53 | 3% | 84.9% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 50 | 3% | 64.0% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 42 | 3% | 66.7% | 36.0 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 35 | 2% | 88.6% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 10 | 1% | 80.0% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 161 | 77.6% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 153 | 85.6% | -3.4 min | 2.0% |
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 150 | 94.0% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 137 | 82.5% | -3.1 min | 1.5% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 135 | 71.9% | 47.0 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 131 | 90.1% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 99 | 92.9% | -10.1 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 83 | 65.1% | 29.9 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–FLL | Hartford to Fort Lauderdale | 79 | 77.2% | 16.2 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–TPA | Hartford to Tampa | 64 | 71.9% | 9.5 min | 1.6% |
| BDL–MSP | Hartford to Minneapolis | 63 | 87.3% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–MIA | Hartford to Miami | 62 | 74.2% | 11.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in December 2023?
81.9% of 1,671 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.