Bradley International
BDL · KBDL · Windsor Locks, Connecticut · Hartford County · map
Bradley International is a public-use airport owned by Connecticut Airport Authority, 3 miles west of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 173 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 9,510 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 52 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 81,833 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,177,514 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bradley International?
Its FAA code is BDL, and its ICAO code is KBDL.
Where is Bradley International?
It is 3 miles west of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 173 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Bradley International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 06/24, is 9,510 feet long.
Does Bradley International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bradley International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Bradley International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Orlando International, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Charlotte/Douglas International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Bradley International?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Future Flyers of Connecticut LLC and Fly Lugu LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bradley International?
4 pilot examiners and 18 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bradley International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BDL · ICAO KBDL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Connecticut Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 173 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 9,510 × 200 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 6,847 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 185 ft high 7,200 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 71 ft high 3,300 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 75 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 44 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Bdl and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.15 | Bradley |
| Clearance delivery | 121.75 | Bradley |
| Ground | 121.9 | Bradley |
| Tower | 120.3 | Bradley |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Deer Park Star arriving from headings 061 to 240 | 123.95 | Bradley |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Deer Park Star arriving from headings 241 to 060 | 125.35 | Bradley |
| Approach · Class C airspace | 127.225 | Bradley |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Bradley |
| Bdl and vot | 111.4 | |
| Ng and operations | 123.45 | Bradley |
| Ang and operations | 138.55 | Bradley |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 860-386-3480.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hartford-Brainard Airport (12 nm south), Westfield-Barnes Regional (13 nm north), Robertson Field (17 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Connecticut · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Nmrs birds fqtly on or in the vicinity of airport.
- Landing fee for bus/corporate and revenue producing aircraft.
- Customs by prior arngmt.
- 1700 feet above ground level hvy aircraft.
- 245 feet by 200 feet blast pad southwest end.
- 100 feet by 200 feet blast pad southeast end.
- Military: ang: operates 1200-2030Z++ MON-FRI (Saturday, Sunday unit training assembly), closed holidays.
- Military: ang: prior permission required V220-2356.
- No DE-ICING available at ang.
- No training flights, no plas, no tgls between: 2300 - 0700 Monday through Saturday and 2300 - 1200 Sunday.
- (E117) CT ang and U.south. Army NG.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 30,446 departures from BDL in those twelve months, carrying 3,206,367 passengers in 3,936,835 seats (81% filled), to 147 destinations (12 abroad) on 39 airlines.
All 147 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 27 |
| helicopters | 5 |
| other | 18 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 81,833, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 59,181 |
| air taxi and commuter | 6,987 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,249 |
| general aviation, local | 782 |
| military | 2,634 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Windsor Locks from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Windsor Locks, Connecticut: 5 piston singles, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Connecticut.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Future Flyers of Connecticut LLC 1 aircraft · Simsbury, 5 miles away
- Fly Lugu LLC 3 aircraft · Southwick, 9 miles away Fly Lugu is a Part 61 flight school based at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts that provides pilot training from discovery flights through commercial ratings.
- River Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · West Hartford, 12 miles away Connecticut Valley Flyers is a flying club based at Brainard Airport in Hartford, Connecticut.
- Vagabond Flyers INC 1 aircraft · West Hartford, 12 miles away
- Cherokee Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · E Longmeadow, 13 miles away
- Premier Flight Center LLC 6 aircraft · Hartford, 14 miles away Premier Flight Center is a flight school in Hartford, Connecticut offering pilot training from private pilot through airline transport pilot certificates, as well as ground school courses.
- Wolf Aviation Network INC 3 aircraft · Westfield, 14 miles away Wolf Aviation Network is a flight school operating at Westfield and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, offering pilot training from Private Pilot through Commercial ratings under Part 61.
- Legion Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Springfield, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Windsor Locks:
- The Whitewind Company 3 aircraft on the certificate The Whitewind Company provides aircraft management, charter services, and maintenance for private jets.
Repair stations in Windsor Locks:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 18 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners.
- Robert Joseph Nardiello private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Interstate Aviation · Plainville, CT (17 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · [email protected]
- Richard MacIsaac private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northampton, MA (24 nm) · (413) 313-9289 · [email protected]
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (34 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
- Stewart Douglas Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · columbia county airport / 1B1 · Ghent, NY (49 nm) · (413) 281-6788 · [email protected]
All 38 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Windsor Locks 7 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 2 business jets
- Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Assn INC 2 aircraft in town
- The Whitewind Company 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Future Flyers of Connecticut LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Fly Lugu LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- River Valley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Hamilton Sundstrand World Wide Repair · repair station
- Learjet INC · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,297 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Republic Airline
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,267 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Orlando International (MCO) 1,993 flights in twelve months · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines Co.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1,731 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Federal Express Corporation
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,640 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 1,612 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Republic Airline
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1,592 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, American Airlines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,375 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Mesa Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Connecticut 521 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Connecticut 22 landing places
- Connecticut 1,607 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BDL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.