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 delay07:00–08:006.6min · 695 recorded · 684 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour31.3min07:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights5,500AUS–BOS
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
37.818.90.0
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
8394200
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
86.4%
9.8 min
706
720
07:00
92.0%
6.6 min
684
695
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
150
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
149
153
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
181
12:00
63.0%
24.6 min
435
447
13:00
70.4%
24.2 min
811
821
14:00
60.9%
30.7 min
558
563
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
128
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
84
17:00
67.1%
37.8 min
383
390
18:00
61.2%
35.9 min
817
839
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
201
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
28
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
27.813.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8484240
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
71.2%
21.1 min
820
848
Tuesday
73.9%
20.4 min
785
806
Wednesday
74.2%
14.9 min
792
800
Thursday
69.5%
27.8 min
819
830
Friday
69.6%
25.1 min
835
840
Saturday
73.8%
22.4 min
587
594
Sunday
67.5%
27.5 min
762
782
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
38.219.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6463230
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
74.2%
38.2 min
361
376
Feb
76.6%
21.2 min
389
412
Mar
71.4%
23.0 min
496
510
Apr
75.9%
15.0 min
486
488
May
69.7%
19.9 min
524
526
Jun
71.0%
19.4 min
594
598
Jul
67.6%
23.8 min
620
646
Aug
70.6%
25.7 min
282
282
Sep
62.4%
33.3 min
271
274
Oct
67.9%
25.3 min
452
454
Nov
73.7%
20.3 min
457
460
Dec
73.1%
18.0 min
468
474
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 time70.0%3,849
Delayed >15 min28.2%1,551
Cancelled1.8%100
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.