ORD to BDL flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Hartford, CT (BDL) · 783 miles
204 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.96%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
71 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. BDL to ORD arrives on time 7.3 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This is a thin route — 204 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The Chicago to Hartford route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Every airline on ORD to BDL
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 | 84 | 73.81% | 0% | 59 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 30 | 89.29% | 6.67% | 38 min | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | 30 | 83.33% | 0% | 107 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 30 | 93.33% | 0% | 35 min | — |
| American Airlines | 30 | 42.86% | 6.67% | 89 min | — |
The return leg
BDL to ORD Hartford back to Chicago 83.25% on time COther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Hartford usually delayed?
76% of flights on the ORD to BDL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
How often are ORD to BDL flights cancelled?
1.96% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 20 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ORD to BDL flights are late, how late are they?
About 71 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 ORD to BDL during March 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 →