Direct Flights from New Haven to Hartford
Hartford · Connecticut
Nonstop service from HVN to BDL on Avelo. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
40 cities have a nonstop to Hartford, New Haven among them.
How long to go to Hartford for, from New Haven
35m in the air, 48 miles: short enough that a single night in Hartford is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
The schedule narrows it further. This route does not fly daily, so assuming the return runs the same days, your trip is 2 or 5 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
Note that this route only operates August to December, so the trip has to fit that window.
About Hartford
Hartford is the capital of the state of Connecticut in the United States of America. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum, and the Mark Twain House, in which the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family. Mark Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief."
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Hartford
- The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut.
- The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is an art museum in New Haven, Connecticut. It houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in several interconnected buildings on the campus of Yale University.
- The Yale Peabody Museum at Yale University is one of the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world.
- The Springfield Armory, more formally known as the United States Armory and Arsenal at Springfield located in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, was the primary center for the manufacture of United States military f…
- The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionist paintings, H…
- The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut.
- The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball.
- The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in central New Haven, Connecticut, United States, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
- The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891.
- The New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art.
- The Florence Griswold Museum is an art museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut whose centerpiece is the former home of Florence Griswold (1850–1937).
- The Yale School of Art is the visual art school of Yale University, a private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Hartford weather, compared with New Haven
Within 1° of New Haven on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Hartford 35°F · New Haven 38°F · 2° colder
- April
- Hartford 61°F · New Haven 58°F · 3° warmer
- July
- Hartford 85°F · New Haven 83°F · 3° warmer
- October
- Hartford 64°F · New Haven 64°F · much the same
January bottoms out near 35°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Hartford
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Hartford is April–June and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Hartford rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Art Gallery, and Peabody Museum of Natural History and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from New Haven to Hartford?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from New Haven (HVN) to Hartford (BDL) on Avelo.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from New Haven to Hartford?
- Avelo flies nonstop between New Haven (HVN) and Hartford (BDL). Avelo flies it August to December only.
- How far is Hartford from New Haven?
- Hartford is about 48 miles from New Haven by air.
- How many days can I spend in Hartford flying from New Haven?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 2 or 5 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- What is there to do in Hartford?
- Popular things to do include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Art Gallery, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Springfield Armory, and more.
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