On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2024

Bradley International in October 2024

86.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,023 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,826 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 85.2% of the time (2,023 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 10%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time86.9%87.6%79.0%85.5%
Arrived on time88.5%87.2%76.7%85.8%
Cancelled1.1%0.1%2.4%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.3 min8.9 min16.3 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day67616120,517
Scheduled departures2,0231,82622,344615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines42821%85.7%6.2 min0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines39319%92.6%-8.4 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines36618%90.7%-4.7 min1.4%
UA United Airlines25012%86.4%-1.2 min0.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways22811%84.6%-8.4 min3.9%
OH PSA Airlines1055%93.3%-6.5 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines814%80.2%-4.7 min4.9%
NK Spirit Airlines663%90.9%-9.0 min1.5%
YX Republic Airline663%97.0%-16.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air301%76.7%8.0 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air70%85.7%6.3 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines30%100.0%0.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BDL–ATLHartford to Atlanta21292.9%-8.6 min0.0%
BDL–ORDHartford to Chicago19283.3%11.9 min0.5%
BDL–CLTHartford to Charlotte18184.0%11.3 min0.0%
BDL–DCAHartford to Washington17791.5%-7.3 min0.0%
BDL–BWIHartford to Baltimore15091.3%-4.6 min0.0%
BDL–MCOHartford to Orlando14585.5%-5.4 min7.6%
BDL–DTWHartford to Detroit11893.2%-9.7 min0.0%
BDL–DENHartford to Denver9388.2%-4.0 min1.1%
BDL–MSPHartford to Minneapolis8489.3%-5.3 min0.0%
BDL–PHLHartford to Philadelphia8389.2%-5.5 min0.0%
BDL–FLLHartford to Fort Lauderdale8192.6%-11.9 min0.0%
BDL–IADHartford to Washington7891.0%-4.9 min0.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier49.4%42.7%7,274
Late-arriving aircraft40.6%37.4%5,981
National Aviation System10.0%16.3%1,476
Extreme weather0.0%3.4%0
Security0.0%0.2%0
14,731 delay minutes on 208 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 October 2024?

86.9% of 2,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.6% of 1,826 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.9% and 1.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.