Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.
Flight timing & delays
Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.
Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.
US domestic sectors recorded by BTS
Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay13:00–14:005.8min · 216 recorded · 209 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.5min13:00 ↔ 12:00
Recorded flights1,312ACK–LGA
Departure hour
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
16.48.20.0
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2421210
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Departure hour
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
00:00
No observations
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01:00
No observations
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02:00
No observations
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03:00
No observations
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04:00
No observations
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05:00
No observations
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06:00
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
No observations
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09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
163
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
198
203
12:00
85.5%
16.4 min
235
242
13:00
85.2%
5.8 min
209
216
14:00
79.6%
16.0 min
201
215
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
186
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
6
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
20
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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9
10
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
No observations
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23:00
No observations
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Day of week
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
10.55.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2241120
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
182
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
158
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
154
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
192
Friday
84.2%
5.5 min
222
224
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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178
188
Sunday
79.8%
10.5 min
203
214
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
On-time departuresPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
100.050.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Average departure delayPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
19.59.7-0.1
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5142570
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
No observations
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Feb
No observations
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Mar
No observations
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Apr
No observations
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May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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84
84
Jun
82.2%
12.9 min
331
344
Jul
78.5%
19.5 min
475
514
Aug
88.8%
-0.1 min
251
252
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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74
76
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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40
42
Nov
No observations
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Dec
No observations
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Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.
Recorded outcomes
On time78.9%1,035
Delayed >15 min16.8%220
Cancelled4.3%57
Missing departure time0.0%0
All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.
On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.
Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.