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 delay06:00–07:000.0min · 211 recorded · 211 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour2.8min06:00 ↔ 07:00
Recorded flights1,777AUS–SMF
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
2.81.40.0
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
2441220
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
95
95
06:00
96.2%
0.0 min
211
211
07:00
92.6%
2.8 min
243
244
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
23
23
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
106
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
97
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
84
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
93
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
102
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
140
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
58
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
80
80
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
83
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
109
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
43
43
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
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
16.48.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2801400
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
72.4%
14.5 min
257
260
Tuesday
76.4%
11.5 min
233
234
Wednesday
76.3%
12.1 min
232
232
Thursday
74.0%
15.4 min
258
258
Friday
74.7%
13.9 min
261
262
Saturday
76.9%
12.0 min
251
251
Sunday
67.4%
16.4 min
279
280
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
186930
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
143
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
142
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
172
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
183
184
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
76
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
130
130
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
160
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
158
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 time73.6%1,308
Delayed >15 min26.1%463
Cancelled0.3%6
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.