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 delay07:00–08:00-0.7min · 459 recorded · 456 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour31.5min07:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights4,160BOS–BUF
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
30.715.0-0.7
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
4592300
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
—
3
3
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
189
196
07:00
92.1%
-0.7 min
456
459
08:00
85.9%
7.6 min
368
381
09:00
84.8%
5.6 min
289
291
10:00
83.4%
3.8 min
302
308
11:00
80.2%
8.3 min
364
369
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
157
160
13:00
73.4%
12.1 min
244
245
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
154
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
153
158
16:00
70.7%
19.7 min
273
280
17:00
68.4%
23.1 min
291
298
18:00
57.0%
30.7 min
265
271
19:00
66.2%
22.8 min
263
270
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
146
153
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
114
22:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
42
50
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
15.87.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6373190
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
77.7%
12.8 min
610
632
Tuesday
79.3%
7.8 min
556
575
Wednesday
81.4%
10.9 min
553
564
Thursday
73.5%
15.8 min
622
626
Friday
73.2%
14.9 min
623
629
Saturday
83.0%
6.8 min
489
497
Sunday
74.6%
15.1 min
615
637
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
22.211.10.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6123060
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
193
204
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
167
175
Mar
73.4%
15.9 min
346
347
Apr
80.8%
6.2 min
380
381
May
84.3%
4.5 min
502
506
Jun
77.9%
11.7 min
530
541
Jul
68.8%
22.2 min
584
612
Aug
85.0%
3.2 min
246
248
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
173
175
Oct
79.0%
11.0 min
323
327
Nov
81.9%
8.1 min
343
343
Dec
73.3%
14.9 min
281
301
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 time75.6%3,143
Delayed >15 min22.2%925
Cancelled2.2%92
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.