Bradley International in May 2024

76.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,911 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 70.6% of the time (1,909 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.4%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from BDL in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	76.2%	—	79.0%	73.4%
Arrived on time	76.3%	—	76.7%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	2.4%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.9 min	—	16.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	64	—	61	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,911	—	22,344	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	370	19%	87.3%	-0.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	355	19%	68.5%	14.8 min	2.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	341	18%	73.0%	13.0 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	218	11%	75.2%	14.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	214	11%	81.8%	4.3 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	163	9%	77.3%	24.5 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	84	4%	54.8%	47.0 min	3.6%
MQ Envoy Air	68	4%	70.6%	11.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	52	3%	80.8%	-2.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	33	2%	93.9%	-5.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	13	1%	84.6%	-2.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BDL–ATL	Hartford to Atlanta	187	85.6%	1.3 min	0.5%
BDL–CLT	Hartford to Charlotte	184	67.9%	13.0 min	2.2%
BDL–ORD	Hartford to Chicago	183	72.7%	11.9 min	0.5%
BDL–DCA	Hartford to Washington	170	72.9%	26.0 min	0.6%
BDL–MCO	Hartford to Orlando	159	73.0%	18.4 min	1.3%
BDL–BWI	Hartford to Baltimore	147	77.6%	11.0 min	0.0%
BDL–DTW	Hartford to Detroit	113	91.2%	-4.8 min	0.0%
BDL–SJU	Hartford to San Juan	93	52.7%	58.2 min	2.2%
BDL–MSP	Hartford to Minneapolis	83	86.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
BDL–TPA	Hartford to Tampa	79	62.0%	26.4 min	1.3%
BDL–DEN	Hartford to Denver	62	82.3%	2.9 min	1.6%
BDL–DFW	Hartford to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	59.0%	20.1 min	8.2%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.1%	29.8%	10,117
Late-arriving aircraft	54.9%	43.0%	20,471
National Aviation System	16.4%	20.1%	6,102
Extreme weather	1.5%	7.0%	565
Security	0.1%	0.1%	24

37,279 delay minutes on 429 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BDL on time in May 2024?

76.2% of 1,911 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.