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 delay09:00–10:000.8min · 655 recorded · 653 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour7.7min09:00 ↔ 14:00
Recorded flights4,180BNA–SLC
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
8.54.20.0
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
6813410
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
—
13
13
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
6
6
07:00
91.4%
2.2 min
652
656
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
24
24
09:00
90.4%
0.8 min
653
655
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
123
124
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
192
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
187
189
13:00
86.9%
4.0 min
604
606
14:00
81.8%
8.5 min
297
297
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
78
78
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
178
17:00
84.1%
7.1 min
678
681
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
137
139
19:00
82.8%
7.2 min
331
332
20:00
No observations
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21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
4
5
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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5
5
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
7.13.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6383190
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
84.2%
6.7 min
609
610
Tuesday
86.3%
5.3 min
556
556
Wednesday
87.2%
4.0 min
580
580
Thursday
87.7%
5.4 min
600
600
Friday
85.2%
5.0 min
608
608
Saturday
83.4%
7.1 min
578
588
Sunday
82.0%
6.7 min
629
638
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
11.85.90.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4662330
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
90.7%
2.1 min
278
292
Feb
83.6%
4.8 min
280
280
Mar
83.1%
8.9 min
385
386
Apr
85.3%
3.5 min
407
408
May
84.8%
4.2 min
420
420
Jun
77.8%
11.8 min
446
448
Jul
80.3%
11.2 min
466
466
Aug
91.0%
0.7 min
222
222
Sep
91.8%
2.8 min
208
208
Oct
88.0%
2.5 min
324
324
Nov
91.6%
1.6 min
334
336
Dec
83.9%
7.2 min
390
390
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 time84.7%3,541
Delayed >15 min14.8%619
Cancelled0.5%20
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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