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 delay10:00–11:00-0.8min · 259 recorded · 257 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour16.3min10:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights5,505ATL–PDX
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
15.57.4-0.8
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
7033520
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
96.7%
1.6 min
581
586
07:00
89.4%
3.7 min
433
435
08:00
90.6%
2.1 min
508
514
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
185
10:00
93.8%
-0.8 min
257
259
11:00
86.2%
6.0 min
552
555
12:00
82.5%
8.5 min
245
246
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
69
14:00
88.6%
6.4 min
227
229
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
59
59
16:00
81.9%
10.6 min
476
478
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
147
147
18:00
70.0%
15.5 min
323
326
19:00
78.9%
10.4 min
698
703
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
194
22:00
84.1%
8.5 min
320
321
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
166
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
9.54.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8124060
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.7%
6.6 min
810
812
Tuesday
88.3%
4.6 min
767
770
Wednesday
87.9%
4.6 min
774
775
Thursday
85.5%
5.8 min
797
802
Friday
84.3%
9.4 min
804
811
Saturday
84.6%
9.5 min
722
734
Sunday
83.0%
8.9 min
792
801
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
15.67.6-0.5
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6643320
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.1%
11.6 min
343
351
Feb
86.8%
4.5 min
296
300
Mar
89.8%
3.1 min
410
414
Apr
87.4%
4.7 min
469
472
May
85.4%
6.4 min
546
546
Jun
79.9%
10.3 min
626
632
Jul
79.5%
15.6 min
657
664
Aug
86.8%
6.4 min
325
326
Sep
93.8%
-0.5 min
290
290
Oct
91.7%
2.6 min
484
484
Nov
87.8%
3.4 min
532
536
Dec
79.7%
9.3 min
488
490
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 time84.7%4,662
Delayed >15 min14.6%804
Cancelled0.7%39
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.