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 delay08:00–09:002.6min · 996 recorded · 986 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.9min08:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights3,611BNA–IAD
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
20.510.20.0
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
9964980
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
No observations
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06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
5
5
08:00
92.3%
2.6 min
986
996
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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2
2
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
139
140
12:00
92.5%
4.6 min
372
377
13:00
82.4%
15.0 min
748
751
14:00
No observations
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15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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91
92
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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6
6
17:00
80.9%
17.0 min
622
625
18:00
70.9%
20.5 min
567
571
19:00
No observations
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20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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5
5
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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17
17
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
15.57.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5652830
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.0%
15.5 min
518
524
Tuesday
86.4%
10.2 min
463
465
Wednesday
87.4%
9.1 min
491
492
Thursday
83.1%
10.7 min
562
565
Friday
84.0%
12.8 min
518
522
Saturday
84.2%
9.5 min
487
489
Sunday
81.3%
11.2 min
545
554
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
24.112.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4222110
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.9%
9.7 min
222
233
Feb
86.8%
5.0 min
243
248
Mar
82.3%
16.0 min
300
301
Apr
85.5%
7.0 min
338
339
May
82.2%
15.9 min
382
382
Jun
81.0%
15.0 min
422
422
Jul
77.6%
24.1 min
389
398
Aug
89.5%
4.4 min
200
200
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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158
158
Oct
89.5%
4.6 min
306
306
Nov
85.0%
9.8 min
354
354
Dec
84.8%
7.4 min
270
270
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 time83.5%3,014
Delayed >15 min15.8%570
Cancelled0.7%27
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.
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