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 · Dec 19, 2024 → Apr 27, 2026
Lowest average delay11:00–12:005.5min · 230 recorded · 228 measured
Recorded flights524BIH–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
5.52.80.0
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
2301150
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
No observations
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06:00
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
No observations
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09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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30
32
10:00
No observations
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11:00
84.2%
5.5 min
228
230
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
40
40
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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188
190
14:00
No observations
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
No observations
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17:00
No observations
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18:00
No observations
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19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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31
32
20:00
No observations
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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
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
104520
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
56
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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62
62
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
84
84
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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100
104
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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80
82
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
143720
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
143
143
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
128
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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133
135
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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56
56
May
No observations
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Jun
No observations
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Jul
No observations
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Aug
No observations
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Sep
No observations
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Oct
No observations
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Nov
No observations
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Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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62
62
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 time81.7%428
Delayed >15 min17.0%89
Cancelled1.3%7
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.