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 delay09:00–10:003.5min · 523 recorded · 516 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.7min09:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights5,265ATL–EYW
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
19.29.60.0
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
9534770
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
88.7%
8.4 min
646
653
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
135
137
09:00
87.8%
3.5 min
516
523
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
62
62
11:00
88.7%
3.9 min
788
797
12:00
80.5%
10.9 min
456
465
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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144
146
14:00
80.2%
10.3 min
424
432
15:00
79.7%
11.3 min
737
746
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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16
16
17:00
74.2%
19.2 min
295
300
18:00
78.9%
14.4 min
943
953
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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35
35
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
18.39.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7583790
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.6%
11.5 min
734
756
Tuesday
86.1%
5.2 min
748
752
Wednesday
87.5%
2.1 min
746
746
Thursday
86.4%
6.2 min
743
746
Friday
82.2%
16.9 min
734
750
Saturday
81.9%
11.2 min
746
758
Sunday
75.6%
18.3 min
746
757
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
19.99.3-1.3
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5062530
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
78.5%
19.9 min
466
483
Feb
77.9%
10.4 min
448
448
Mar
80.3%
15.6 min
483
496
Apr
86.6%
4.3 min
479
480
May
86.4%
3.6 min
498
502
Jun
84.0%
10.2 min
469
482
Jul
74.7%
14.7 min
494
498
Aug
82.3%
7.2 min
248
248
Sep
91.7%
-0.2 min
240
240
Oct
91.9%
-1.3 min
406
406
Nov
86.9%
9.9 min
467
476
Dec
77.6%
19.4 min
499
506
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 time81.7%4,301
Delayed >15 min17.0%896
Cancelled1.3%68
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.