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Airport month · August 2025
Bradley International in August 2025
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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,056 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 2,034 departures with 73.7% leaving on time: a change of +6.0 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 74.1% of the time (2,057 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 29%.
- On time 77.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.7%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.7% | 73.7% | 79.0% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 77.4% | 73.0% | 76.7% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.2 min | 18.4 min | 16.3 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 68 | 61 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,056 | 2,034 | 22,344 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 409 | 20% | 76.0% | 7.0 min | 2.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 389 | 19% | 83.0% | 5.2 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 363 | 18% | 81.8% | 4.9 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 316 | 15% | 77.8% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 178 | 9% | 74.2% | 8.4 min | 1.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 119 | 6% | 71.4% | 4.2 min | 0.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 90 | 4% | 83.3% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 84 | 4% | 65.5% | 27.7 min | 3.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 62 | 3% | 59.7% | 32.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 37 | 2% | 67.6% | 46.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 9 | 0% | 55.6% | 28.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 207 | 70.0% | 20.9 min | 1.9% |
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 206 | 78.6% | 11.0 min | 1.5% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 170 | 62.4% | 22.1 min | 2.9% |
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 168 | 73.8% | 10.1 min | 0.6% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 150 | 79.3% | 8.7 min | 2.0% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 144 | 89.6% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 136 | 85.3% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DEN | Hartford to Denver | 93 | 75.3% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 91 | 62.6% | 40.4 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–MSP | Hartford to Minneapolis | 82 | 81.7% | 1.7 min | 1.2% |
| BDL–PHL | Hartford to Philadelphia | 82 | 67.1% | 8.3 min | 2.4% |
| BDL–IAD | Hartford to Washington | 78 | 80.8% | -2.8 min | 2.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in August 2025?
79.7% of 2,056 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 73.7% of 2,034 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 1.1% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.