# 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 rank Bradley International among the top 35 of roughly 160 North American airports by cargo tonnage, with FedEx, UPS and DHL all running scheduled all-cargo services alongside the belly capacity of its passenger carriers. Amazon Air has operated roughly 90,000 square feet of its own cargo-handling space here for about five years, complemented by a 394,000-square-foot building run by logistics provider Pinnacle Logistics for Amazon shipments. 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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