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 delay10:00–11:003.5min · 219 recorded · 218 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.9min10:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights6,370AUS–SLC
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
30.315.20.0
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
9164580
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
—
179
180
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
128
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
151
08:00
91.7%
3.7 min
795
799
09:00
84.8%
5.5 min
705
705
10:00
89.0%
3.5 min
218
219
11:00
88.3%
7.7 min
256
256
12:00
80.6%
11.7 min
643
647
13:00
80.5%
9.7 min
616
619
14:00
75.5%
13.6 min
417
418
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
99
16:00
66.8%
18.0 min
208
208
17:00
74.6%
15.1 min
911
916
18:00
79.6%
10.2 min
396
400
19:00
61.3%
30.3 min
333
333
20:00
79.4%
7.8 min
286
289
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
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
12.66.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
9914960
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
78.3%
12.6 min
957
963
Tuesday
83.3%
8.4 min
869
870
Wednesday
84.3%
6.4 min
891
892
Thursday
80.1%
12.6 min
976
978
Friday
79.9%
10.3 min
988
991
Saturday
80.8%
10.7 min
739
745
Sunday
80.5%
11.0 min
918
931
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
16.78.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6783390
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.8%
9.1 min
516
532
Feb
79.3%
9.8 min
526
528
Mar
83.8%
7.3 min
640
642
Apr
83.0%
6.3 min
572
575
May
78.2%
12.9 min
579
582
Jun
74.8%
14.1 min
646
646
Jul
75.6%
16.7 min
672
678
Aug
85.2%
7.2 min
284
284
Sep
89.2%
2.3 min
268
268
Oct
85.6%
7.7 min
501
501
Nov
83.6%
9.9 min
556
556
Dec
79.1%
13.1 min
578
578
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 time80.5%5,131
Delayed >15 min18.9%1,207
Cancelled0.5%32
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.