Direct Flights from Washington to Hartford
Hartford · Connecticut
Nonstop service from BWI, DCA and IAD to BDL on American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Washington has 3 airports with nonstop service to Hartford. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗BWIBDLBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
- Find flights ↗DCABDLRonald Reagan Washington National
- Find flights ↗IADBDLWashington Dulles International
How rare is this nonstop?
40 cities have a nonstop to Hartford, Washington among them.
How long to go to Hartford for, from Washington
1h 5m in the air, 283 miles: short enough that a single night in Hartford is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 14 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
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 Washington
5° cooler than Washington on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Hartford 35°F · Washington 43°F · 7° colder
- April
- Hartford 61°F · Washington 67°F · 6° colder
- July
- Hartford 85°F · Washington 88°F · 2° colder
- October
- Hartford 64°F · Washington 68°F · 4° 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 Washington to Hartford?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (BWI, DCA, IAD) to Hartford (BDL) on American, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Hartford?
- American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Washington (BWI, DCA, IAD) and Hartford (BDL).
- Which Washington airports have nonstop flights to Hartford?
- You can leave from 3 Washington airports: BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) on Southwest; DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) on American; IAD (Washington Dulles International) on United.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Hartford?
- There are about 14 nonstop departures per day (roughly 98 per week) from Washington to Hartford.
- How far is Hartford from Washington?
- Hartford is about 283 miles from Washington 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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