BDL

Bradley International Airport

ICAO KBDL41.9386°N 72.6880°W173 ft / 53 mLarge airport
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Airport 2
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Bradley International Airport (IATA: BDL, ICAO: KBDL) is a large airport in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It opened in 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,510 ft (2,899 m). In 2025 it handled 6.6 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1941–1995
1941
OpenedBradley International Airport opens.
12 NOV 1995
DisasterAmerican Airlines Flight 1572.No deaths

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal AInternational Arrivals Terminal
06/24044° / 224° · LIT
LENGTH9,510 ft2,899 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33134° / 314° · LIT
LENGTH6,847 ft2,087 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
5.9M
5.9M
6.0M
6.4M
6.6M
6.7M
2.3M
4.6M
5.7M
6.3M
6.6M
6.6M
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Routes

14 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsJetBlue Airways 6American Eagle 3Delta Air Lines 3United Express 2Aer Lingus 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BDL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Bradley International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers6.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#292of 3,974 · #68 North America · #54 USLongest runway9,510 ft2,899 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,509of 29,823 · #313 North America · #231 USElevation173 ft53 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,600of 43,341 · =15,795 North America · =13,284 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

12 channels
APPAPP123.950
APPAPP32.580
ATISATIS118.150
CLDCLNC DEL121.750
DEPDEP123.950
DEPDEP35.900
GNDGND121.900
MISCARNG OPS41.900
OPSANG OPS138.550
RDOBRIDGEPORT RDO122.300
TWRTWR120.300
UNICUNICOM122.950