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 delay06:00–07:000.7min · 554 recorded · 547 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.5min06:00 ↔ 21:00
Recorded flights2,938ATL–TUS
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
16.28.10.0
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
5542770
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
96.5%
0.7 min
547
554
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
104
08:00
No observations
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—
—
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
18
18
10:00
88.0%
6.9 min
307
315
11:00
88.3%
3.7 min
326
327
12:00
92.8%
6.5 min
236
243
13:00
85.4%
8.6 min
507
515
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
73
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
72
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
79
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
11
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
20:00
81.1%
10.3 min
349
355
21:00
70.6%
16.2 min
262
264
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
12.96.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4362180
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
86.2%
7.9 min
428
436
Tuesday
89.9%
3.4 min
397
400
Wednesday
90.6%
3.7 min
395
396
Thursday
90.0%
2.6 min
431
432
Friday
87.4%
6.9 min
421
436
Saturday
86.7%
9.9 min
399
408
Sunday
82.4%
12.9 min
420
430
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
11.15.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3581790
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.5%
6.7 min
288
300
Feb
87.1%
5.6 min
280
280
Mar
87.0%
8.3 min
346
358
Apr
92.5%
1.5 min
281
290
May
87.9%
6.9 min
248
248
Jun
85.2%
7.1 min
236
240
Jul
80.2%
11.1 min
247
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
124
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Oct
90.2%
7.4 min
204
204
Nov
89.6%
8.6 min
240
242
Dec
85.0%
7.2 min
280
284
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 time86.2%2,532
Delayed >15 min12.2%359
Cancelled1.6%47
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.