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Direct Flights from Raleigh/Durham to Hartford

Hartford · Connecticut

Nonstop service from RDU to BDL on Avelo, Breeze. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Avelo, Breeze
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
532 mi
Flight time
~1h 35mgate to gate
Elevation
173 ft262 ft lower than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Hartford (BDL), 532 miles nonstop.RDUBDL

How rare is this nonstop?

40 cities have a nonstop to Hartford, Raleigh/Durham among them.

How long to go to Hartford for, from Raleigh/Durham

1h 35m in the air, 532 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Hartford. Two nights works.

About Hartford

City of Hartford as seen from the walkway on the Charter Oak Bridge
Photo by Paul Mihalick · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

  1. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut.
  2. 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.
  3. The Yale Peabody Museum at Yale University is one of the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world.
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his family from 1874 to 1891.
  10. 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.
  11. 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).
  12. 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 Raleigh/Durham

11° cooler than Raleigh/Durham on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Hartford 35°F · Raleigh/Durham 52°F · 16° colder
April
Hartford 61°F · Raleigh/Durham 73°F · 12° colder
July
Hartford 85°F · Raleigh/Durham 91°F · 5° colder
October
Hartford 64°F · Raleigh/Durham 73°F · 9° colder

January bottoms out near 35°F — a real coat, not a layer.

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (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 Raleigh/Durham to Hartford?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Hartford (BDL) on Avelo, Breeze.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Raleigh/Durham to Hartford?
Avelo, Breeze fly nonstop between Raleigh/Durham (RDU) and Hartford (BDL).
How many nonstop flights are there from Raleigh/Durham to Hartford?
There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Raleigh/Durham to Hartford.
How far is Hartford from Raleigh/Durham?
Hartford is about 532 miles from Raleigh/Durham by air.
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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