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Airport month · January 2026
Bradley International in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,693 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.2% reached their destination on time; 8.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,790 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 70.9% of the time (1,694 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 68.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
- Cancelled 8.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.4% | 81.7% | 79.0% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 68.2% | 77.3% | 76.7% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 8.0% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.6 min | 14.2 min | 16.3 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 56 | 60 | 61 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,693 | 1,790 | 22,344 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 356 | 21% | 50.6% | 29.3 min | 7.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 309 | 18% | 73.1% | 1.6 min | 7.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 293 | 17% | 78.5% | 0.2 min | 5.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 257 | 15% | 73.2% | 1.0 min | 12.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 199 | 12% | 74.4% | 7.1 min | 6.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 115 | 7% | 59.1% | 38.5 min | 13.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 114 | 7% | 74.6% | -2.0 min | 6.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 45 | 3% | 55.6% | 17.2 min | 6.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 5 | 0% | 100.0% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 175 | 73.7% | 2.2 min | 6.9% |
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 164 | 59.1% | 17.2 min | 6.7% |
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 162 | 69.1% | 7.6 min | 6.8% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 143 | 65.0% | 20.0 min | 11.9% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 132 | 79.5% | 1.3 min | 6.1% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 126 | 75.4% | 0.9 min | 13.5% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 86 | 74.4% | 1.3 min | 5.8% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 86 | 53.5% | 33.3 min | 9.3% |
| BDL–IAD | Hartford to Washington | 85 | 81.2% | -0.7 min | 7.1% |
| BDL–DEN | Hartford to Denver | 75 | 78.7% | -2.7 min | 5.3% |
| BDL–FLL | Hartford to Fort Lauderdale | 66 | 42.4% | 35.6 min | 6.1% |
| BDL–MSP | Hartford to Minneapolis | 55 | 67.3% | 5.8 min | 9.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in January 2026?
74.4% of 1,693 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 81.7% of 1,790 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 8.0% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.