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 delay08:00–09:00-1.4min · 553 recorded · 548 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour20.5min08:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights3,759AUS–IAD
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
19.18.9-1.4
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
8384190
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
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1
1
07:00
92.9%
-0.8 min
575
580
08:00
94.7%
-1.4 min
548
553
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
138
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
17
17
12:00
91.5%
3.6 min
755
762
13:00
89.4%
5.4 min
377
378
14:00
No observations
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—
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
100
16:00
83.4%
19.1 min
307
308
17:00
78.4%
18.0 min
833
838
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
74
19:00
No observations
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20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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7
8
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
16.68.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6123060
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.6%
8.9 min
602
612
Tuesday
90.0%
7.9 min
558
558
Wednesday
89.6%
3.9 min
559
561
Thursday
90.9%
2.3 min
558
559
Friday
86.6%
7.1 min
591
592
Saturday
83.3%
16.6 min
365
369
Sunday
87.9%
7.4 min
496
508
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
20.89.9-0.9
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4142070
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
85.7%
6.6 min
230
242
Feb
88.2%
8.0 min
279
279
Mar
86.8%
8.3 min
356
358
Apr
92.2%
3.9 min
396
396
May
87.7%
4.8 min
414
414
Jun
81.1%
13.0 min
396
402
Jul
83.3%
20.8 min
366
370
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
203
Sep
93.2%
-0.9 min
219
219
Oct
94.1%
0.3 min
290
290
Nov
88.5%
4.8 min
304
306
Dec
85.0%
6.8 min
280
280
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 time87.0%3,271
Delayed >15 min12.2%458
Cancelled0.8%30
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.
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