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 delay06:00–07:00-1.3min · 384 recorded · 382 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.1min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,339BNA–CHS
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
24.911.8-1.3
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
3841920
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
25
25
06:00
97.6%
-1.3 min
382
384
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
48
48
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
09:00
92.3%
3.2 min
351
352
10:00
87.0%
5.0 min
361
365
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
155
157
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
13:00
62.7%
16.4 min
225
225
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
124
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
188
188
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
170
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
18:00
67.9%
16.7 min
237
242
19:00
62.4%
22.4 min
359
360
20:00
52.3%
24.9 min
262
266
21:00
65.2%
18.8 min
204
204
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
15.87.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5042520
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
76.4%
11.6 min
500
502
Tuesday
79.0%
9.8 min
458
460
Wednesday
79.5%
8.1 min
454
458
Thursday
70.5%
13.6 min
499
502
Friday
73.8%
15.8 min
503
504
Saturday
82.6%
9.2 min
408
413
Sunday
72.9%
14.7 min
495
500
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
20.510.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3611810
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.4%
6.1 min
236
252
Feb
83.3%
6.6 min
234
234
Mar
77.1%
11.8 min
310
314
Apr
78.7%
11.6 min
324
324
May
68.9%
15.3 min
334
334
Jun
66.6%
17.2 min
356
356
Jul
66.4%
20.5 min
360
361
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
146
Oct
80.4%
9.5 min
276
276
Nov
81.6%
8.6 min
288
288
Dec
77.6%
9.5 min
299
300
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 time75.7%2,526
Delayed >15 min23.7%791
Cancelled0.7%22
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.