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Airport month · April 2026
Bradley International in April 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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,946 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 2,036 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 76.5% of the time (1,947 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 79.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.6% | 84.4% | 79.0% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 79.9% | 80.9% | 76.7% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.4 min | 12.5 min | 16.3 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 65 | 68 | 61 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,946 | 2,036 | 22,344 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 370 | 19% | 74.1% | 9.7 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 360 | 18% | 80.6% | 0.1 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 340 | 17% | 81.8% | 1.1 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 330 | 17% | 88.8% | -7.4 min | 2.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 223 | 11% | 85.7% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 100 | 5% | 76.0% | 4.5 min | 2.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 87 | 4% | 59.8% | 47.6 min | 1.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 84 | 4% | 72.6% | 9.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 51 | 3% | 78.4% | 0.2 min | 3.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1 | 0% | 0.0% | 45.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 226 | 75.2% | 16.1 min | 2.2% |
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 204 | 72.5% | 19.5 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 201 | 87.6% | -3.5 min | 1.5% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 149 | 87.2% | -3.2 min | 0.7% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 145 | 85.5% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 135 | 71.1% | 12.7 min | 0.7% |
| BDL–IAD | Hartford to Washington | 102 | 89.2% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 90 | 91.1% | -11.4 min | 1.1% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 90 | 56.7% | 25.5 min | 1.1% |
| BDL–MDW | Hartford to Chicago | 79 | 73.4% | 5.4 min | 1.3% |
| BDL–DEN | Hartford to Denver | 60 | 85.0% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–FLL | Hartford to Fort Lauderdale | 60 | 71.7% | 8.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in April 2026?
80.6% of 1,946 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 84.4% of 2,036 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.9% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.