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Airport month · May 2026
Bradley International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,981 domestic departures from Bradley International (BDL). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BDL departures were 8.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 2,142 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.4 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at BDL that month were on time 79.9% of the time (1,983 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 84.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | BDL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.5% | 81.1% | 79.0% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.3% | 76.5% | 76.7% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.6% | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.0 min | 13.9 min | 16.3 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 66 | 71 | 61 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,981 | 2,142 | 22,344 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 393 | 20% | 87.0% | -3.0 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 363 | 18% | 82.9% | 6.6 min | 1.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 359 | 18% | 86.6% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 323 | 16% | 83.3% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 258 | 13% | 87.2% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 112 | 6% | 78.6% | 3.2 min | 0.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 89 | 4% | 76.4% | 2.7 min | 2.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 48 | 2% | 72.9% | 4.0 min | 4.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 25 | 1% | 84.0% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 11 | 1% | 81.8% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDL–ORD | Hartford to Chicago | 229 | 83.4% | 1.8 min | 0.9% |
| BDL–ATL | Hartford to Atlanta | 200 | 84.5% | -1.2 min | 0.5% |
| BDL–BWI | Hartford to Baltimore | 154 | 90.9% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–CLT | Hartford to Charlotte | 151 | 85.4% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DCA | Hartford to Washington | 149 | 75.8% | 5.6 min | 2.0% |
| BDL–MCO | Hartford to Orlando | 143 | 85.3% | 2.0 min | 0.7% |
| BDL–DTW | Hartford to Detroit | 113 | 89.4% | -7.1 min | 1.8% |
| BDL–IAD | Hartford to Washington | 95 | 87.4% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–SJU | Hartford to San Juan | 93 | 73.1% | 9.4 min | 1.1% |
| BDL–MSP | Hartford to Minneapolis | 82 | 90.2% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–MDW | Hartford to Chicago | 78 | 76.9% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| BDL–DEN | Hartford to Denver | 62 | 87.1% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BDL on time in May 2026?
85.5% of 1,981 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 81.1% of 2,142 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 85.5% and 0.7% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.