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 delay06:00–07:00-3.0min · 360 recorded · 355 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour28.3min06:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights4,577BNA–STL
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
25.311.2-3.0
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
4692350
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
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
51
51
06:00
96.1%
-3.0 min
355
360
07:00
93.1%
1.0 min
462
469
08:00
93.9%
0.6 min
295
299
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
163
169
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
128
128
11:00
82.3%
8.2 min
322
327
12:00
80.4%
10.0 min
250
252
13:00
72.7%
10.9 min
253
256
14:00
70.7%
14.4 min
283
287
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
144
144
16:00
67.2%
15.3 min
207
209
17:00
69.0%
16.9 min
323
325
18:00
60.6%
18.8 min
325
328
19:00
57.0%
25.3 min
235
236
20:00
70.7%
13.8 min
311
311
21:00
59.9%
24.6 min
267
270
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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152
156
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
14.97.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7333670
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
71.6%
14.9 min
714
724
Tuesday
82.4%
6.4 min
665
671
Wednesday
80.9%
8.1 min
655
660
Thursday
75.5%
12.2 min
718
721
Friday
75.7%
12.2 min
725
733
Saturday
81.1%
8.5 min
439
445
Sunday
72.6%
12.3 min
610
623
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
20.410.20.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4852430
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
84.0%
5.2 min
349
374
Feb
80.5%
8.0 min
354
358
Mar
73.7%
12.8 min
426
433
Apr
76.4%
10.2 min
461
462
May
70.1%
13.6 min
478
485
Jun
71.1%
14.7 min
418
420
Jul
64.7%
20.4 min
422
424
Aug
86.1%
4.3 min
216
218
Sep
88.4%
2.7 min
216
216
Oct
78.4%
9.6 min
389
389
Nov
82.5%
6.7 min
405
405
Dec
80.1%
12.6 min
392
393
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 time76.0%3,479
Delayed >15 min22.9%1,047
Cancelled1.1%51
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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