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 delay08:00–09:003.3min · 425 recorded · 422 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.6min08:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights7,407AUS–SEA
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
18.99.40.0
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
9084540
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
64
64
01:00
No observations
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
91.6%
7.0 min
640
644
07:00
87.3%
5.8 min
900
908
08:00
86.0%
3.3 min
422
425
09:00
83.5%
6.1 min
580
587
10:00
81.9%
15.0 min
299
301
11:00
81.5%
10.8 min
832
838
12:00
79.6%
11.0 min
510
513
13:00
81.5%
9.2 min
507
508
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
123
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
134
136
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
177
180
17:00
76.6%
13.1 min
881
885
18:00
69.8%
18.9 min
695
697
19:00
71.1%
15.7 min
436
440
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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44
44
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
113
114
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
12.96.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1005500
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.0%
12.6 min
1,093
1,100
Tuesday
84.2%
8.3 min
1,051
1,053
Wednesday
82.8%
8.0 min
1,065
1,066
Thursday
79.6%
9.9 min
1,077
1,082
Friday
80.7%
11.8 min
1,062
1,074
Saturday
81.1%
9.3 min
926
938
Sunday
78.2%
12.9 min
1,081
1,094
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
16.88.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8504250
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.1%
7.7 min
450
458
Feb
86.7%
5.2 min
459
460
Mar
85.1%
7.4 min
670
678
Apr
88.7%
4.3 min
689
690
May
76.5%
14.8 min
760
764
Jun
74.0%
15.5 min
818
821
Jul
71.2%
16.8 min
845
850
Aug
82.2%
10.0 min
388
390
Sep
84.7%
6.8 min
333
334
Oct
85.7%
5.4 min
589
597
Nov
85.3%
10.2 min
705
714
Dec
75.8%
13.1 min
649
651
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 time80.2%5,940
Delayed >15 min19.1%1,415
Cancelled0.7%52
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.