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 delay07:00–08:002.3min · 739 recorded · 737 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.6min07:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights3,610AUS–IND
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
17.88.90.0
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
7393700
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
07:00
92.4%
2.3 min
737
739
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
136
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
166
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
109
11:00
86.8%
4.2 min
318
319
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
90
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
15:00
74.9%
11.6 min
219
219
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
168
168
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
18:00
68.7%
17.4 min
201
203
19:00
72.7%
17.8 min
582
584
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
163
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
28
29
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
13.06.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5862930
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.2%
13.0 min
576
578
Tuesday
83.5%
8.0 min
473
478
Wednesday
82.4%
8.0 min
472
472
Thursday
82.6%
8.3 min
550
550
Friday
81.7%
7.1 min
583
586
Saturday
84.2%
6.2 min
392
393
Sunday
79.8%
12.9 min
550
553
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
15.07.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5022510
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.5%
3.8 min
208
212
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
Mar
77.0%
15.0 min
282
288
Apr
82.5%
10.0 min
338
338
May
79.6%
10.1 min
426
428
Jun
78.1%
11.9 min
484
486
Jul
80.7%
10.6 min
502
502
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
160
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Oct
78.5%
8.8 min
260
260
Nov
84.3%
4.7 min
292
292
Dec
81.8%
9.2 min
296
296
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 time80.9%2,922
Delayed >15 min18.7%674
Cancelled0.4%14
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.