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 delay10:00–11:007.0min · 567 recorded · 565 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.3min10:00 ↔ 08:00
Recorded flights5,414BIS–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
30.315.20.0
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
1,1495750
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
—
—
—
05:00
82.7%
19.7 min
300
305
06:00
87.1%
10.4 min
348
348
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
121
122
08:00
74.2%
30.3 min
294
298
09:00
81.5%
17.5 min
443
445
10:00
83.9%
7.0 min
565
567
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
12:00
No observations
—
—
—
13:00
80.7%
13.8 min
1,139
1,149
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
160
160
15:00
No observations
—
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—
16:00
No observations
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—
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17:00
66.5%
29.1 min
1,014
1,027
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
155
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
92
20:00
73.9%
28.2 min
421
427
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
195
22:00
No observations
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23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
4
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
22.911.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7883940
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.9%
21.4 min
779
788
Tuesday
81.4%
16.0 min
772
787
Wednesday
80.2%
16.2 min
781
785
Thursday
76.4%
19.5 min
775
776
Friday
77.8%
16.6 min
770
786
Saturday
76.8%
19.3 min
701
707
Sunday
77.5%
22.9 min
781
785
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
29.314.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5442720
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
68.5%
28.3 min
483
486
Feb
74.4%
27.2 min
421
436
Mar
81.5%
14.0 min
481
488
Apr
77.9%
17.4 min
476
478
May
79.5%
16.8 min
506
510
Jun
75.3%
22.4 min
526
532
Jul
75.6%
18.7 min
541
544
Aug
70.0%
29.3 min
303
304
Sep
85.8%
9.2 min
274
274
Oct
87.5%
6.6 min
400
400
Nov
85.5%
9.2 min
454
468
Dec
76.9%
24.6 min
494
494
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 time77.2%4,179
Delayed >15 min21.8%1,180
Cancelled1.0%55
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.