# Bradley International Airport (BDL)

> Hartford, US · IATA: BDL · ICAO: KBDL · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `BDL` |
| ICAO | `KBDL` |
| City | Hartford |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 53 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 41.93851, -72.68807 |

## Description

Some 3.3 million square feet of cargo apron and warehousing put Bradley International in a different league from every other Connecticut field. The Windsor Locks hub moves roughly 170,000 tonnes of air freight a year, with FedEx, UPS and DHL all running scheduled all-cargo services alongside the belly capacity of its passenger carriers. Foreign-Trade Zone 71, established in 1981 and sitting right beside the runways, lets importers defer or reduce duty on goods staged there. Trucks fan out on Interstate 91 through the Hartford-Springfield corridor, with I-84 and the Massachusetts Turnpike close at hand. New England's second-busiest airport behind Boston Logan, Bradley also carries a fast-growing passenger market built around an Avelo base, Breeze and the major US legacy carriers. For the smaller airports of Connecticut, this is the freight anchor their cargo ultimately routes through.

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