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 · May 22, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026
Lowest average delay12:00–13:0014.9min · 346 recorded · 346 measured
Recorded flights1,002BIL–ORD
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
14.97.40.0
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
3461730
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
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32
33
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
90
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
195
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
115
115
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
31
31
12:00
81.8%
14.9 min
346
346
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
14:00
No observations
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15:00
No observations
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16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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4
4
17:00
No observations
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18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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4
4
19:00
No observations
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20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
109
111
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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4
4
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
147740
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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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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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
141
141
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
140
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
140
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
147
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
Saturday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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145
146
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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141
142
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
20.510.30.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2481240
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
No observations
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Feb
No observations
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—
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Mar
No observations
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Apr
No observations
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May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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42
42
Jun
80.3%
11.9 min
223
223
Jul
76.5%
20.5 min
247
248
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
186
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
121
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
Dec
No observations
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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 time82.8%830
Delayed >15 min16.9%169
Cancelled0.3%3
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.