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 delay05:00–06:001.5min · 455 recorded · 441 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.1min05:00 ↔ 11:00
Recorded flights4,432BLI–SEA
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
10.65.30.0
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
6483240
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
—
—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
93.4%
1.5 min
441
455
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
199
200
07:00
No observations
—
—
—
08:00
91.8%
6.5 min
282
286
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
49
51
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
44
45
11:00
78.8%
10.6 min
481
490
12:00
77.4%
8.7 min
403
412
13:00
79.6%
9.9 min
299
299
14:00
80.1%
9.3 min
347
353
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
16:00
80.2%
9.4 min
349
356
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
174
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
155
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
20:00
84.8%
5.2 min
204
209
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
74
74
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
23:00
90.0%
1.5 min
627
648
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
9.84.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6513260
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.8%
6.1 min
636
651
Tuesday
86.7%
4.5 min
631
643
Wednesday
88.0%
5.1 min
626
642
Thursday
81.1%
7.4 min
630
639
Friday
81.4%
9.8 min
635
644
Saturday
88.3%
4.8 min
570
583
Sunday
83.4%
7.2 min
621
630
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
9.64.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4342170
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.0%
5.3 min
399
422
Feb
82.1%
8.7 min
363
372
Mar
84.5%
8.9 min
381
387
Apr
89.0%
3.0 min
371
371
May
88.0%
5.5 min
424
424
Jun
77.9%
8.3 min
417
418
Jul
83.5%
7.5 min
431
434
Aug
83.7%
4.8 min
246
248
Sep
85.8%
4.9 min
240
240
Oct
84.5%
6.2 min
341
345
Nov
88.1%
3.0 min
337
359
Dec
83.7%
9.6 min
399
412
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 time83.2%3,686
Delayed >15 min15.0%663
Cancelled1.9%83
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.