Bradley International in January 2025

81.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,790 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,602 departures with 75.2% leaving on time: a change of +6.5 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 77.0% of the time (1,790 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from BDL in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	81.7%	75.2%	79.0%	79.3%
Arrived on time	77.3%	69.9%	76.7%	78.6%
Cancelled	3.1%	3.9%	2.4%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	21.1 min	16.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	60	53	61	17,992
Scheduled departures	1,790	1,602	22,344	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	390	22%	65.6%	9.0 min	2.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	326	18%	88.0%	-7.4 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	310	17%	83.5%	-1.7 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	263	15%	78.3%	18.0 min	4.2%
UA United Airlines	180	10%	86.7%	-3.8 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	138	8%	61.6%	22.4 min	10.1%
YX Republic Airline	63	4%	79.4%	-0.6 min	6.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	62	3%	62.9%	22.9 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	87.1%	-3.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	21	1%	71.4%	1.2 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	0%	66.7%	15.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BDL–ATL	Hartford to Atlanta	174	79.3%	2.4 min	3.4%
BDL–DCA	Hartford to Washington	169	64.5%	18.1 min	11.2%
BDL–MCO	Hartford to Orlando	161	72.7%	3.1 min	1.2%
BDL–ORD	Hartford to Chicago	158	86.7%	-4.6 min	0.0%
BDL–CLT	Hartford to Charlotte	144	77.8%	18.8 min	4.9%
BDL–BWI	Hartford to Baltimore	131	91.6%	-10.1 min	3.8%
BDL–SJU	Hartford to San Juan	96	51.0%	29.4 min	1.0%
BDL–TPA	Hartford to Tampa	95	72.6%	2.5 min	2.1%
BDL–DEN	Hartford to Denver	91	84.6%	-1.8 min	0.0%
BDL–DTW	Hartford to Detroit	89	85.4%	-1.5 min	3.4%
BDL–FLL	Hartford to Fort Lauderdale	85	75.3%	-0.7 min	2.4%
BDL–PBI	Hartford to West Palm Beach/Palm Beach	68	63.2%	13.4 min	2.9%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.9%	36.2%	11,009
Late-arriving aircraft	34.4%	34.7%	8,825
National Aviation System	20.0%	19.9%	5,128
Extreme weather	2.6%	9.1%	673
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

25,635 delay minutes on 345 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 January 2025?

81.7% of 1,790 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 75.2% of 1,602 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 3.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.