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Airport month · December 2025
Bradley International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,837 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 70.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.0% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,903 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of −8.8 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 68.1% of the time (1,836 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 66.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.0%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.6% | 79.4% | 79.0% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 66.0% | 77.1% | 76.7% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 0.4% | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.8 min | 15.1 min | 16.3 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 61 | 63 | 61 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,837 | 1,903 | 22,344 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 390 | 21% | 59.7% | 22.8 min | 1.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 359 | 20% | 66.3% | 11.7 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 339 | 18% | 69.0% | 14.3 min | 2.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 243 | 13% | 70.0% | 18.4 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 187 | 10% | 72.7% | 7.9 min | 0.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 160 | 9% | 63.1% | 24.6 min | 1.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 99 | 5% | 54.5% | 24.4 min | 6.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 46 | 3% | 76.1% | 6.1 min | 4.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 13 | 1% | 84.6% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -15.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 183 | 66.7% | 14.3 min | 3.8% |
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 176 | 63.1% | 19.5 min | 1.1% |
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 172 | 58.7% | 18.6 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 148 | 66.9% | 11.1 min | 0.7% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 132 | 73.5% | 10.5 min | 0.8% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 130 | 55.4% | 25.1 min | 5.4% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 107 | 74.8% | 17.0 min | 2.8% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 97 | 66.0% | 17.6 min | 2.1% |
| BDL–IAD | Hartford to Washington | 90 | 77.8% | 3.7 min | 1.1% |
| BDL–DEN | Hartford to Denver | 79 | 74.7% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–FLL | Hartford to Fort Lauderdale | 77 | 58.4% | 31.5 min | 2.6% |
| BDL–TPA | Hartford to Tampa | 66 | 54.5% | 16.0 min | 3.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in December 2025?
70.6% of 1,837 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 79.4% of 1,903 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 70.6% and 1.7% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.