BDL to IAD flight delays
Hartford, CT (BDL) Washington, VA (IAD) · 325 miles
1,092 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.37%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.38%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
69 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. United Airlines arrived on time 14.5 points more often than Republic Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
Flights from Hartford to Washington keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on BDL to IAD. Republic Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on BDL to IAD
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 892 | 87.93% | 1.57% | 68 min | B |
| Republic Airways | 200 | 73.4% | 6% | 72 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
IAD to BDL Washington back to Hartford 86.18% on time BOther routes from Hartford
Common questions
Are flights from Hartford to Washington usually delayed?
85.37% of flights on the BDL to IAD route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Hartford to Washington?
United Airlines, at 87.93% on time across 892 flights. The least punctual on the route was Republic Airways at 73.4%.
How often are BDL to IAD flights cancelled?
2.38% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 24 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Hartford to Washington?
October, when 90.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 78.7%.
When BDL to IAD flights are late, how late are they?
About 69 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on BDL to IAD during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →