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 delay06:00–07:004.5min · 663 recorded · 653 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour14.3min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights8,265ATL–BDL
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
18.79.40.0
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
1,0165080
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
06:00
89.6%
4.5 min
653
663
07:00
88.3%
4.6 min
624
634
08:00
90.3%
4.9 min
928
936
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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158
160
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
165
11:00
84.4%
7.1 min
1,004
1,016
12:00
71.0%
16.1 min
255
260
13:00
82.6%
7.4 min
558
567
14:00
78.8%
14.2 min
741
754
15:00
75.5%
13.4 min
515
525
16:00
73.0%
17.4 min
237
241
17:00
74.6%
14.7 min
555
563
18:00
76.5%
12.1 min
510
519
19:00
71.3%
18.7 min
523
533
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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102
103
21:00
75.0%
18.0 min
536
547
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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77
78
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
15.98.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,3016510
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.7%
11.4 min
1,244
1,274
Tuesday
84.7%
6.9 min
1,077
1,087
Wednesday
84.7%
5.8 min
1,078
1,079
Thursday
83.8%
9.3 min
1,298
1,301
Friday
79.6%
13.4 min
1,239
1,259
Saturday
82.3%
9.8 min
942
969
Sunday
75.3%
15.9 min
1,263
1,296
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
22.311.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8174090
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.2%
9.2 min
662
699
Feb
82.8%
8.8 min
632
652
Mar
83.6%
8.6 min
726
736
Apr
82.6%
8.7 min
758
764
May
79.1%
9.9 min
815
817
Jun
79.4%
13.6 min
785
794
Jul
68.0%
22.3 min
799
812
Aug
76.9%
16.6 min
407
412
Sep
92.4%
1.9 min
392
392
Oct
88.1%
3.8 min
690
690
Nov
84.7%
6.7 min
765
773
Dec
76.3%
13.3 min
710
724
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 time79.7%6,591
Delayed >15 min18.8%1,550
Cancelled1.5%124
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.