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 delay07:00–08:002.5min · 238 recorded · 236 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour22.3min07:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights3,629BNA–SAN
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
24.812.40.0
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
7113560
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
—
2
2
06:00
94.2%
2.7 min
708
711
07:00
93.6%
2.5 min
236
238
08:00
91.5%
4.0 min
293
295
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
45
45
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
142
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
132
132
12:00
54.5%
20.6 min
257
257
13:00
55.4%
24.8 min
343
344
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
174
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
83
84
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
135
136
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
184
186
18:00
59.9%
20.7 min
242
244
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
156
20:00
58.8%
18.7 min
303
305
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
29
29
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
145
149
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
18.99.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5622810
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
68.3%
15.9 min
558
562
Tuesday
79.2%
9.1 min
500
501
Wednesday
79.9%
9.4 min
498
499
Thursday
64.6%
17.5 min
553
554
Friday
67.4%
18.9 min
552
559
Saturday
77.0%
11.6 min
426
429
Sunday
69.3%
15.8 min
515
525
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
19.39.60.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3921960
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
80.3%
8.8 min
269
279
Feb
79.7%
9.4 min
256
257
Mar
73.3%
14.2 min
344
347
Apr
73.4%
12.0 min
338
339
May
67.0%
15.7 min
345
348
Jun
59.6%
19.3 min
371
374
Jul
61.2%
19.1 min
392
392
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
157
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
154
Oct
75.9%
13.5 min
290
290
Nov
76.8%
11.7 min
332
334
Dec
72.6%
19.1 min
354
358
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 time71.3%2,589
Delayed >15 min27.9%1,013
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.
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.