OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Windsor Locks to Washington

326 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BDL–IAD arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 968 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • United Airlines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights878
  • Republic Airways
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel8.9%
    Flights90

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline15%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)41%
  • Late aircraft41%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline14%
  • Weather62%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 21 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BDL → IAD

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 954 flights
  • Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 384 flights
  • Evenings85% on time · p90 25 min · 646 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 40 min · 445 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 87% on time.

  • Saturdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 263 flights
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 366 flights
  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 377 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 368 flights
  • Fridays84% on time · p90 25 min · 373 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 20 min · 385 flights
  • Sundays82% on time · p90 20 min · 299 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.