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 delay06:00–07:00-1.0min · 545 recorded · 542 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.0min06:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights3,491BNA–CMH
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
19.99.4-1.0
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
5452730
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
—
13
14
06:00
96.5%
-1.0 min
542
545
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
89
91
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
10
10
09:00
92.8%
3.7 min
345
347
10:00
90.8%
2.6 min
261
265
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
104
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
137
137
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
120
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
125
129
15:00
66.0%
15.5 min
212
212
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
156
157
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
110
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
195
19:00
66.8%
17.9 min
506
508
20:00
60.1%
19.9 min
328
328
21:00
68.5%
14.0 min
216
219
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
14.07.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5302650
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
73.6%
14.0 min
516
521
Tuesday
83.4%
7.6 min
500
504
Wednesday
84.4%
5.5 min
494
495
Thursday
75.2%
11.5 min
528
530
Friday
75.3%
13.3 min
523
528
Saturday
80.3%
8.9 min
442
446
Sunday
76.5%
10.7 min
459
467
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
18.09.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3851930
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
89.8%
3.4 min
235
252
Feb
84.6%
7.1 min
240
240
Mar
77.0%
8.3 min
287
288
Apr
76.5%
10.7 min
349
354
May
72.6%
12.1 min
368
370
Jun
68.9%
17.9 min
370
370
Jul
69.5%
18.0 min
383
385
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
176
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Oct
80.3%
9.8 min
259
259
Nov
84.8%
5.6 min
310
311
Dec
81.6%
9.5 min
310
310
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 time77.7%2,711
Delayed >15 min21.5%751
Cancelled0.8%29
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.