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 delay10:00–11:00-1.1min · 431 recorded · 422 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.4min10:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights5,548ATL–TUL
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
23.311.1-1.1
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
5942970
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
—
147
156
06:00
92.3%
7.9 min
492
502
07:00
No observations
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08:00
93.6%
-0.3 min
377
384
09:00
84.3%
4.3 min
223
228
10:00
90.5%
-1.1 min
422
431
11:00
84.3%
6.9 min
535
543
12:00
84.4%
7.0 min
435
440
13:00
84.0%
10.2 min
256
261
14:00
78.4%
10.1 min
398
401
15:00
79.8%
10.3 min
208
213
16:00
75.6%
15.0 min
586
594
17:00
76.7%
15.5 min
317
325
18:00
72.4%
23.3 min
399
412
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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10
10
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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16
16
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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180
185
22:00
78.2%
15.4 min
436
447
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
17.58.80.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8384190
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.4%
11.4 min
828
838
Tuesday
86.8%
4.4 min
810
822
Wednesday
86.8%
6.5 min
810
818
Thursday
86.3%
6.3 min
816
823
Friday
81.9%
9.4 min
803
825
Saturday
83.8%
11.9 min
581
610
Sunday
75.9%
17.5 min
789
812
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
16.28.1-0.1
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5722860
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
8.0 min
397
428
Feb
83.4%
14.6 min
409
416
Mar
80.7%
13.2 min
462
470
Apr
84.4%
7.8 min
494
496
May
81.3%
13.9 min
557
566
Jun
77.4%
16.2 min
540
558
Jul
78.3%
12.2 min
562
572
Aug
90.1%
-0.1 min
283
284
Sep
85.8%
4.7 min
274
274
Oct
86.2%
4.8 min
464
464
Nov
89.4%
1.4 min
498
510
Dec
83.3%
10.1 min
497
510
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 time81.5%4,520
Delayed >15 min16.5%917
Cancelled2.0%111
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.