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Bradley Airport is one of only 68 airports worldwide large enough to accommodate the A380. No carriers provide regular A380 service to Bradley, but the airport occasionally is a diversion airfield for JFK-bound A380s. [23] Northwest Airlines terminated its service to Amsterdam in October 2008 because of the increased cost of jet fuel. [24]
On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress privately owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Seven of the thirteen people on board were killed, and the other six, as well as one person on the ground, were injured.
The Bradley Airport Connector (also the Bradley Field Connector) is a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) freeway built to connect Bradley International Airport to Interstate 91 (I-91) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. It begins at Exit 48 of I-91 and heads west following Route 20 for about 4 miles along the town line between Windsor and Windsor Locks .
Originally part of Windsor, Windsor Locks broke off into its own settlement in 1854 named after the thriving Enfield Locks going around Enfield Falls which opened in 1829. [3] Bradley International Airport opened as a military base in 1940, and opened to civilian use in 1947.
The 103rd Airlift Wing (103 AW) is a unit of the Connecticut Air National Guard, stationed at Bradley Air National Guard Base at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. If activated to federal service with the United States Air Force , the 103 AW is operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).
This airspace includes airports such as Hartford-Brainard Airport (HFD), Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (MMK), Barnes Municipal Airport (BAF), Westover Metropolitan Airport (CEF), Worcester Regional Airport (ORH), Windham Airport (IJD), Northampton Airport (7B2), Skylark Airpark (7B6), Ellington Airport (7B9), Robertson Field (4B8), and ...
It continues southeastward through Windsor Locks, intersecting with Route 75 before ending at an intersection with I-91 at the southern tip of Windsor Locks. The portion of Route 20 within East Granby is known as the Connecticut Air National Guard Memorial Highway. [6] The Bradley Airport Connector is also known as the 82nd Airborne Memorial ...
American Airlines Flight 1572 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois to Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut. On November 12, 1995, Flight 1572 was operated using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, a twin-engine , narrow-body jet airliner (registration N566AA ).