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 delay07:00–08:002.2min · 541 recorded · 532 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour11.9min07:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,336ATL–ONT
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
14.17.10.0
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
5412710
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
07:00
95.7%
2.2 min
532
541
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
105
09:00
88.4%
4.4 min
498
505
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
48
11:00
86.8%
5.2 min
287
290
12:00
83.2%
8.8 min
280
282
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
86
14:00
No observations
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
85
17:00
79.6%
11.6 min
274
277
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
58
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
122
20:00
70.7%
14.1 min
300
306
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
162
22:00
91.4%
5.7 min
443
451
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
14.07.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4972490
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.1%
8.9 min
493
497
Tuesday
86.8%
3.7 min
468
474
Wednesday
89.3%
5.6 min
468
470
Thursday
85.2%
5.8 min
485
490
Friday
84.4%
10.1 min
480
492
Saturday
84.4%
8.0 min
404
416
Sunday
79.8%
14.0 min
489
497
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
20.710.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3521760
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
76.7%
20.7 min
245
261
Feb
83.5%
3.9 min
224
224
Mar
83.5%
5.2 min
243
248
Apr
86.0%
6.9 min
308
309
May
84.4%
6.4 min
346
348
Jun
79.7%
10.4 min
320
328
Jul
78.7%
15.4 min
348
352
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
164
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Oct
88.3%
7.1 min
274
274
Nov
89.3%
4.1 min
319
322
Dec
84.9%
7.3 min
344
352
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 time83.0%2,768
Delayed >15 min15.6%519
Cancelled1.5%49
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.