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 delay07:00–08:004.2min · 1,264 recorded · 1,250 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour12.8min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights5,116BNA–SEA
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
17.18.50.0
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
1,4847420
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
—
14
14
07:00
87.4%
4.2 min
1,250
1,264
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
125
09:00
88.0%
4.8 min
732
738
10:00
71.8%
9.8 min
323
324
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
57
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
8
8
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
33
33
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
85
86
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
165
166
17:00
73.5%
12.6 min
1,470
1,484
18:00
64.3%
17.1 min
255
256
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
56
56
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
16
16
21:00
No observations
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22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
119
119
23:00
78.9%
7.4 min
346
349
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
12.16.00.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7533770
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.3%
10.3 min
741
744
Tuesday
80.7%
6.8 min
711
713
Wednesday
81.4%
6.4 min
705
710
Thursday
75.8%
12.1 min
736
740
Friday
75.0%
10.9 min
743
753
Saturday
79.9%
8.8 min
702
709
Sunday
77.2%
10.6 min
736
747
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
17.88.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7463730
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
83.4%
3.6 min
313
326
Feb
86.5%
4.0 min
304
304
Mar
84.7%
5.9 min
359
362
Apr
86.1%
5.7 min
431
433
May
80.7%
6.8 min
529
533
Jun
73.1%
14.8 min
694
700
Jul
68.1%
16.1 min
740
746
Aug
65.0%
17.8 min
349
352
Sep
77.3%
9.0 min
269
269
Oct
85.0%
4.9 min
372
377
Nov
84.7%
3.9 min
352
352
Dec
77.1%
9.4 min
362
362
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 time77.5%3,965
Delayed >15 min21.7%1,109
Cancelled0.8%42
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.