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Airport month · December 2024
Bradley International in December 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,903 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,671 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 14%.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 77.6% of the time (1,903 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 77.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.4% | 81.9% | 79.0% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 77.1% | 83.0% | 76.7% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.5% | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.1 min | 16.9 min | 16.3 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 63 | 56 | 61 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,903 | 1,671 | 22,344 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 410 | 22% | 67.6% | 15.2 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 358 | 19% | 82.4% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 346 | 18% | 82.1% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 311 | 16% | 81.0% | 0.7 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 171 | 9% | 78.9% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 83 | 4% | 75.9% | -3.2 min | 2.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 77 | 4% | 58.4% | 66.1 min | 1.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 68 | 4% | 72.1% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 33 | 2% | 90.9% | -3.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 32 | 2% | 81.3% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 12 | 1% | 83.3% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 2 | 0% | 100.0% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 180 | 79.4% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 180 | 76.1% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 163 | 76.1% | 4.0 min | 0.6% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 157 | 79.6% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 157 | 73.9% | 14.1 min | 1.9% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 149 | 84.6% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 107 | 81.3% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–TPA | Hartford to Tampa | 107 | 70.1% | 12.2 min | 0.9% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 100 | 63.0% | 19.3 min | 1.0% |
| BDL–FLL | Hartford to Fort Lauderdale | 88 | 73.9% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DEN | Hartford to Denver | 79 | 86.1% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–PBI | Hartford to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach | 75 | 66.7% | 17.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in December 2024?
79.4% of 1,903 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 81.9% of 1,671 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 0.4% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.