Bradley International in October 2025

83.7%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,937 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 2,023 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 80.0% of the time (1,937 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	83.7%	86.9%	79.0%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.6%	88.5%	76.7%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	1.1%	2.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	9.3 min	16.3 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	65	67	61	20,195
Scheduled departures	1,937	2,023	22,344	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	397	20%	78.3%	12.8 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	394	20%	90.1%	-4.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	386	20%	81.3%	6.4 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	260	13%	84.2%	-0.2 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	248	13%	74.6%	10.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	118	6%	82.2%	1.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	67	3%	76.1%	1.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	33	2%	84.8%	5.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	16	1%	75.0%	24.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	12	1%	50.0%	13.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	0%	50.0%	18.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BDL–ATL	Hartford to Atlanta	212	86.8%	-2.4 min	0.0%
BDL–ORD	Hartford to Chicago	212	72.2%	22.3 min	0.0%
BDL–CLT	Hartford to Charlotte	162	83.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
BDL–BWI	Hartford to Baltimore	150	82.7%	8.5 min	0.0%
BDL–DCA	Hartford to Washington	140	73.6%	10.3 min	0.7%
BDL–MCO	Hartford to Orlando	132	76.5%	9.0 min	0.8%
BDL–DTW	Hartford to Detroit	113	95.6%	-5.9 min	0.0%
BDL–IAD	Hartford to Washington	95	90.5%	-5.4 min	0.0%
BDL–DEN	Hartford to Denver	92	93.5%	-5.8 min	0.0%
BDL–MSP	Hartford to Minneapolis	84	90.5%	-8.7 min	0.0%
BDL–PHL	Hartford to Philadelphia	82	75.6%	10.7 min	0.0%
BDL–MDW	Hartford to Chicago	79	83.5%	1.9 min	0.0%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	34.0%	9,391
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	39.7%	10,002
National Aviation System	21.8%	22.9%	5,501
Extreme weather	1.3%	3.3%	339
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

25,233 delay minutes on 352 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 October 2025?

83.7% of 1,937 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 86.9% of 2,023 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.1% in October 2025.

Provenance

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