Flights Windsor Locks → Washington
BDL → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Windsor Locks to Washington, operating primarily with Embraer 170 and Embraer 175 aircraft, has a punctuality rate of 73%, with an average delay of 21.5 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 417 flights, serving a destination airport that opened in 1938 and currently handles approximately 25,453,581 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Windsor Locks (BDL) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 572 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 28 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.07%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Windsor Locks the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Windsor Locks (BDL) to Washington (DCA) heads south-west for about 503 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Windsor Locks on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of BDL-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Windsor Locks the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 572 tracked BDL-DCA flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 28 min and a 5.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about BDL-DCA
On the Windsor Locks (BDL) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 28 minutes, based on 572 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Windsor Locks-Washington is 5.07% across 572 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
