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 delay05:00–06:00-2.6min · 284 recorded · 282 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour31.8min05:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,486AUS–STL
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
29.313.4-2.6
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
3531770
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
96.5%
-2.6 min
282
284
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
159
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
181
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
174
174
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
158
160
10:00
87.1%
6.5 min
340
343
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
109
12:00
77.4%
9.7 min
261
261
13:00
67.0%
18.1 min
221
221
14:00
63.2%
18.6 min
212
212
15:00
67.2%
17.6 min
351
353
16:00
60.5%
22.3 min
233
233
17:00
44.4%
29.3 min
279
279
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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66
66
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
42
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
96
98
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
139
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
172
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
19.89.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5852930
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
70.0%
14.3 min
530
534
Tuesday
81.4%
8.1 min
479
479
Wednesday
78.8%
8.3 min
480
480
Thursday
75.2%
11.3 min
533
533
Friday
72.8%
13.6 min
537
538
Saturday
73.7%
11.8 min
335
337
Sunday
66.0%
19.8 min
576
585
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
3651830
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
81.7%
8.1 min
241
251
Feb
76.1%
9.9 min
238
238
Mar
73.3%
13.5 min
326
328
Apr
79.5%
10.4 min
351
352
May
69.2%
17.2 min
364
365
Jun
69.2%
16.5 min
354
354
Jul
64.3%
17.8 min
364
364
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
Oct
75.6%
9.9 min
274
275
Nov
77.5%
10.3 min
325
325
Dec
72.3%
11.2 min
336
336
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 time73.4%2,558
Delayed >15 min26.2%912
Cancelled0.5%16
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.