Bradley International in March 2025

82.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,965 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,757 departures with 79.5% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 77.3% of the time (1,966 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	82.6%	79.5%	79.0%	79.9%
Arrived on time	82.2%	80.7%	76.7%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.7%	2.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	17.7 min	16.3 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	66	59	61	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,965	1,757	22,344	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	432	22%	76.6%	6.2 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	354	18%	83.9%	-2.1 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	328	17%	84.8%	-0.2 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	293	15%	89.8%	-7.6 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	177	9%	94.9%	-13.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	156	8%	72.4%	19.4 min	3.8%
YX Republic Airline	87	4%	72.4%	1.9 min	2.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	62	3%	62.9%	67.9 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	32	2%	90.6%	-7.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	28	1%	78.6%	-2.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	16	1%	81.3%	12.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BDL–MCO	Hartford to Orlando	187	82.4%	2.8 min	1.1%
BDL–ATL	Hartford to Atlanta	177	87.0%	-5.3 min	0.6%
BDL–DCA	Hartford to Washington	172	64.0%	24.4 min	4.7%
BDL–ORD	Hartford to Chicago	169	87.6%	-6.8 min	1.8%
BDL–CLT	Hartford to Charlotte	155	85.8%	4.5 min	0.6%
BDL–BWI	Hartford to Baltimore	139	84.9%	-1.1 min	2.9%
BDL–TPA	Hartford to Tampa	94	81.9%	2.9 min	2.1%
BDL–DEN	Hartford to Denver	93	93.5%	-13.9 min	0.0%
BDL–DTW	Hartford to Detroit	88	93.2%	-7.3 min	0.0%
BDL–FLL	Hartford to Fort Lauderdale	88	80.7%	-3.7 min	0.0%
BDL–SJU	Hartford to San Juan	82	52.4%	71.5 min	0.0%
BDL–DFW	Hartford to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	87.3%	-11.3 min	2.5%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	33.0%	8,171
Late-arriving aircraft	43.3%	39.2%	12,484
National Aviation System	25.2%	21.9%	7,272
Extreme weather	3.2%	5.9%	919
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

28,846 delay minutes on 318 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 March 2025?

82.6% of 1,965 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 79.5% of 1,757 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 1.4% in March 2025.

Provenance

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