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 delay06:00–07:00-0.4min · 834 recorded · 833 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.2min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights4,175AUS–SJC
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
25.812.7-0.4
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
8344170
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
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
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—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
06:00
95.8%
-0.4 min
833
834
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
193
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
194
194
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
155
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
153
11:00
77.3%
10.4 min
322
323
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
165
165
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
190
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
15:00
59.0%
21.1 min
278
278
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
171
17:00
63.0%
19.9 min
386
386
18:00
58.4%
25.8 min
353
357
19:00
65.2%
18.0 min
227
228
20:00
59.3%
18.7 min
263
263
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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170
172
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
15.37.60.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7003500
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
69.7%
14.5 min
687
689
Tuesday
80.8%
8.2 min
598
599
Wednesday
81.7%
7.7 min
597
597
Thursday
71.3%
14.7 min
687
687
Friday
72.8%
13.8 min
698
700
Saturday
80.4%
9.7 min
321
321
Sunday
67.8%
15.3 min
578
582
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
20.210.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4232120
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.1%
6.1 min
351
355
Feb
79.5%
7.7 min
341
341
Mar
78.3%
9.8 min
387
388
Apr
77.9%
9.8 min
412
412
May
66.5%
17.3 min
421
423
Jun
62.1%
20.2 min
388
388
Jul
67.4%
19.9 min
399
400
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
192
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
190
190
Oct
72.6%
11.3 min
310
310
Nov
79.6%
9.4 min
387
387
Dec
76.8%
9.8 min
388
389
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 time74.2%3,098
Delayed >15 min25.6%1,068
Cancelled0.2%9
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.