BDL

Bradley International Airport

ICAO KBDL41.9386°N 72.6880°W173 ft / 53 mLarge airport
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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
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

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
141516171819202122232425

Routes

14 destinations · 3 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 106 mi / 171 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 195 mi / 314 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 313 mi / 503 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 325 mi / 523 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 547 mi / 880 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 781 mi / 1,257 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 859 mi / 1,382 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,048 mi / 1,686 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 1,051 mi / 1,692 kmDJT · President Donald J. Trump International Airport · 1,135 mi / 1,826 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,176 mi / 1,892 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,182 mi / 1,902 kmSJU · Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 1,671 mi / 2,689 kmDUB · Dublin Airport · 3,070 mi / 4,941 kmDUBSJURSWMSPATLORDIADMCODTWJFKFLLDJTPHLBDL
Year-round14
JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways171 km106 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle314 km195 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle503 km313 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express523 km325 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines880 km547 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,257 km781 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,382 km859 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,686 km1,048 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,692 km1,051 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,826 km1,135 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,892 km1,176 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,902 km1,182 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · JetBlue Airways2,689 km1,671 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Aer Lingus4,941 km3,070 mi
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