AirportsBradley International Airport is a large airport serving Hartford, in Connecticut, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BDL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BDL
- ICAO code
- KBDL
- City
- Hartford
- State or region
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 41.9386° N, 72.6880° W
- Elevation
- 53 m (173 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,899 m (9,510 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BDL means Bradley International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KBDL. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 41.9386° N, 72.6880° W. It stands 53 metres (173 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bradley International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,899 metres (9,510 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 140.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,899 m 9,510 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 2,087 m 6,847 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester Regional AirportWorcester | ORH | 76 km |
| Tweed New Haven AirportNew Haven | HVN | 77 km |
| Westerly State AirportWesterly | WST | 98 km |
| Rhode Island T. F. Green International AirportProvidence/Warwick | PVD | 107 km |
| Montauk AirportMontauk | MTP | 115 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,585 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,362 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,836 km | 13 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,379 km | 7 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 171 km | 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,057 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,190 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,787 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,112 km | 19 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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