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 delay12:00–13:009.2min · 203 recorded · 201 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour9.6min12:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights1,536BNA–OKC
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
18.79.40.0
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
2301150
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
—
—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
27
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
170
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
117
09:00
No observations
—
—
—
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
12:00
79.6%
9.2 min
201
203
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
169
169
14:00
72.1%
12.6 min
229
230
15:00
67.1%
18.7 min
219
221
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
131
131
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
34
34
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
26
26
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
55
56
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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70
71
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
17.88.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2421210
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
71.3%
17.8 min
216
216
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
197
198
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
196
Thursday
76.1%
10.6 min
222
222
Friday
71.4%
14.0 min
220
222
Saturday
80.3%
10.1 min
238
240
Sunday
69.5%
15.8 min
239
242
Month of year
Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.
Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
186930
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No bucket in this view has 200 measured departures yet. Flight counts are shown; on-time and delay charts become available when the sample is large enough.
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
82
88
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
94
94
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
174
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
186
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
180
180
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
186
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
68
68
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
110
110
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
100
100
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 time74.9%1,151
Delayed >15 min24.5%377
Cancelled0.5%8
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.