Hartford (BDL) – Washington (BWI)
- Distance
- 456 km
- 283 mi · 246 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 18 min / 1 h 8 min
- Average gate to gate: BDL → BWI / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 104 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (62 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 420,846
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.4%
- Flights / week
- 66
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 540,471 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from BDL
- 229°
- Heading from BWI
- 46°
- Halfway point
- 40.57, -74.72
- Great-circle km
- 455 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BDL → BWI
- 1 h 1 min
- In the air BWI → BDL
- 49 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 39,109 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,674 |
| Oct 2025 | 39,793 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,346 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,151 |
| Jan 2026 | 26,302 |
| Feb 2026 | 25,300 |
| Mar 2026 | 33,434 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,604 |
| May 2026 | 38,114 |
| Jun 2026 | 38,240 |
| Jul 2026 | 37,779 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 296 |
| Sep 2025 | 292 |
| Oct 2025 | 300 |
| Nov 2025 | 283 |
| Dec 2025 | 294 |
| Jan 2026 | 249 |
| Feb 2026 | 243 |
| Mar 2026 | 292 |
| Apr 2026 | 298 |
| May 2026 | 308 |
| Jun 2026 | 290 |
| Jul 2026 | 280 |
Airlines flying BDL–BWI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,678 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,048 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 699 flights
Also carried: 336 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 3,496
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 14% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $259
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $223
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $258
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $258
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $208 · Q3 2025 $207 · Q4 2025 $235 · Q1 2026 $259).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 455 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Hartford and Washington
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