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 delay07:00–08:00-1.7min · 414 recorded · 411 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.1min07:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,486BDL–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
22.410.3-1.7
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
7223610
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
53
53
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
82
07:00
94.4%
-1.7 min
411
414
08:00
92.2%
0.8 min
282
284
09:00
88.5%
5.1 min
323
326
10:00
85.9%
4.3 min
389
389
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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23
23
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
58
58
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
15:00
78.6%
12.9 min
715
722
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
36
17:00
68.9%
22.4 min
682
688
18:00
67.8%
20.6 min
276
279
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
48
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
13.96.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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5202600
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.4%
11.6 min
490
500
Tuesday
80.8%
11.9 min
473
478
Wednesday
81.5%
8.5 min
470
472
Thursday
81.1%
10.7 min
491
492
Friday
80.6%
10.8 min
505
506
Saturday
79.2%
11.3 min
519
520
Sunday
77.8%
13.9 min
510
518
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
19.89.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3321660
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.7%
6.4 min
324
332
Feb
82.8%
9.9 min
308
318
Mar
84.1%
6.5 min
314
314
Apr
81.0%
13.3 min
300
300
May
76.6%
13.9 min
308
310
Jun
76.4%
15.1 min
297
300
Jul
73.2%
19.8 min
306
308
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
Oct
82.2%
9.1 min
304
304
Nov
84.9%
6.5 min
317
318
Dec
76.6%
12.0 min
316
316
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 time79.5%2,772
Delayed >15 min19.7%686
Cancelled0.8%28
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.