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 delay06:00–07:005.9min · 405 recorded · 398 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour38.6min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights3,551BDL–SJU
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
44.522.20.0
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
4092050
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
50
50
01:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
02:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
03:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
04:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
11
11
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
76
06:00
87.7%
5.9 min
398
405
07:00
88.0%
6.0 min
241
251
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
188
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
181
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
159
165
11:00
72.3%
18.2 min
206
208
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
61
61
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
102
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
141
141
15:00
66.0%
21.4 min
403
409
16:00
66.8%
39.8 min
235
235
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
151
152
18:00
69.5%
27.1 min
200
202
19:00
56.2%
44.5 min
347
356
20:00
60.0%
40.1 min
205
205
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
32
23:00
No observations
—
—
—
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
28.214.10.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5392700
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
68.4%
28.2 min
503
515
Tuesday
73.2%
19.8 min
477
480
Wednesday
77.0%
14.5 min
456
458
Thursday
72.0%
23.2 min
528
531
Friday
74.9%
16.8 min
509
512
Saturday
71.0%
28.0 min
504
516
Sunday
69.3%
27.7 min
525
539
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
34.617.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3941970
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
68.8%
24.0 min
346
364
Feb
69.8%
34.6 min
305
314
Mar
70.1%
32.2 min
328
329
Apr
73.6%
19.2 min
337
338
May
81.1%
9.9 min
355
356
Jun
81.8%
14.0 min
346
346
Jul
66.2%
28.3 min
349
362
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
182
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
108
108
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
Nov
67.5%
24.0 min
280
280
Dec
71.1%
16.4 min
388
394
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 time71.2%2,527
Delayed >15 min27.5%975
Cancelled1.4%49
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.