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 delay08:00–09:001.5min · 700 recorded · 696 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.3min08:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights4,190BHM–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
16.88.40.0
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
8284140
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
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—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
114
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
81
81
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
126
08:00
90.8%
1.5 min
696
700
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
149
10:00
79.8%
9.8 min
756
758
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
104
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
51
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
38
38
15:00
81.7%
11.6 min
665
669
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
83
17:00
75.1%
16.8 min
823
828
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
142
143
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
159
161
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
101
103
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
49
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
14.37.20.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6073040
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
79.0%
13.7 min
604
606
Tuesday
80.7%
11.3 min
606
606
Wednesday
78.2%
9.9 min
606
606
Thursday
79.2%
11.3 min
596
600
Friday
78.3%
12.0 min
598
607
Saturday
78.9%
11.5 min
554
562
Sunday
78.1%
14.3 min
602
603
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
23.411.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4242120
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.8%
7.2 min
365
372
Feb
82.7%
6.2 min
336
336
Mar
81.8%
12.4 min
411
418
Apr
78.8%
11.0 min
411
412
May
73.6%
15.0 min
421
422
Jun
65.1%
23.4 min
412
412
Jul
73.2%
18.9 min
421
424
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
178
178
Oct
89.2%
1.5 min
306
306
Nov
85.3%
8.4 min
348
352
Dec
80.7%
10.9 min
372
372
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 time78.4%3,287
Delayed >15 min21.0%879
Cancelled0.6%24
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.