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 delay13:00–14:0018.2min · 228 recorded · 227 measured
Recorded flights1,246BNA–SMF
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
18.29.10.0
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
2281140
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
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
47
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
76
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
26
26
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
91
91
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
30
30
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
103
104
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
105
106
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
86
87
13:00
63.0%
18.2 min
227
228
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
98
98
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
70
70
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
63
63
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
32
32
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
20:00
No observations
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—
—
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
13
13
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
9
9
23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
140
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
13.36.70.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
2301150
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Tuesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
156
Wednesday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
Thursday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Friday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
176
176
Saturday
74.1%
13.3 min
228
230
Sunday
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
179
180
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
138690
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
—
53
56
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
76
76
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
May
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
124
Jun
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
136
Jul
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
138
138
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
64
64
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
60
60
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
102
102
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
120
120
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
124
124
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 time72.6%905
Delayed >15 min27.0%336
Cancelled0.4%5
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.