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 delay05:00–06:004.3min · 658 recorded · 654 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour13.2min05:00 ↔ 22:00
Recorded flights3,662AUS–MFE
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
17.58.80.0
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
6583290
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
92.8%
4.3 min
654
658
06:00
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
No observations
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09:00
No observations
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10:00
83.4%
7.1 min
421
421
11:00
83.2%
10.1 min
232
234
12:00
84.4%
5.5 min
358
358
13:00
83.6%
8.7 min
293
297
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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93
94
15:00
75.6%
15.6 min
480
482
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
17:00
79.1%
15.9 min
465
467
18:00
No observations
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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4
4
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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5
5
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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7
7
22:00
80.0%
17.5 min
511
515
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
12.26.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5562780
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.3%
9.5 min
552
556
Tuesday
83.3%
12.2 min
538
546
Wednesday
84.8%
11.0 min
539
540
Thursday
82.2%
10.6 min
546
548
Friday
82.8%
11.1 min
546
546
Saturday
85.6%
7.5 min
388
388
Sunday
80.7%
10.8 min
533
538
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
17.88.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3541770
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.6%
10.3 min
333
344
Feb
84.4%
5.4 min
314
314
Mar
84.7%
7.5 min
347
354
Apr
83.4%
11.6 min
344
344
May
75.1%
17.8 min
346
348
Jun
79.0%
13.1 min
338
338
Jul
79.7%
13.4 min
340
340
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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174
174
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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172
172
Oct
85.1%
8.3 min
282
282
Nov
87.6%
7.1 min
306
306
Dec
83.0%
13.2 min
346
346
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 time82.4%3,017
Delayed >15 min17.1%625
Cancelled0.5%20
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.