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 delay23:00–00:006.2min · 833 recorded · 827 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour2.7min23:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights2,488ANC–DEN
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
8.84.40.0
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
8334170
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
—
—
—
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
18
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
26
06:00
No observations
—
—
—
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
142
08:00
No observations
—
—
—
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
175
10:00
No observations
—
—
—
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
190
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
82
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
109
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
75
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
18:00
No observations
—
—
—
19:00
79.7%
8.8 min
590
590
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
59
21:00
No observations
—
—
—
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
79
79
23:00
85.6%
6.2 min
827
833
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
13.66.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4072040
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.8%
8.6 min
341
343
Tuesday
82.5%
8.7 min
326
327
Wednesday
79.3%
13.6 min
329
330
Thursday
79.8%
7.4 min
356
357
Friday
83.7%
10.5 min
367
367
Saturday
78.2%
8.3 min
404
407
Sunday
83.1%
7.7 min
354
357
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
12.06.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5092550
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
162
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
162
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
133
133
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
118
120
May
79.9%
11.4 min
294
295
Jun
78.4%
9.1 min
450
455
Jul
77.6%
12.0 min
508
509
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
192
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
87
87
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
150
151
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 time80.5%2,003
Delayed >15 min19.1%474
Cancelled0.4%11
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.