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 delay10:00–11:005.2min · 350 recorded · 346 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour10.9min10:00 ↔ 16:00
Recorded flights1,257AVL–DEN
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
16.28.10.0
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
3831920
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
65
65
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
93
95
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
172
10:00
87.9%
5.2 min
346
350
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
7
7
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
123
16:00
79.2%
16.2 min
379
383
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
15
15
19:00
No observations
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—
20:00
No observations
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—
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21:00
No observations
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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
13.56.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2611310
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.7%
13.5 min
255
258
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
125
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
161
162
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
137
137
Friday
81.8%
11.0 min
258
261
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
171
176
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
138
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
193970
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
—
42
46
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
102
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
174
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
193
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
86
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
104
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
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 time84.0%1,056
Delayed >15 min14.8%186
Cancelled1.2%15
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.