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 delay06:00–07:002.3min · 227 recorded · 224 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour23.4min06:00 ↔ 15:00
Recorded flights4,186BOS–CHS
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
25.712.80.0
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
6513260
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
—
—
—
05:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
1
1
06:00
92.4%
2.3 min
224
227
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
136
138
08:00
91.1%
3.5 min
259
264
09:00
82.5%
9.2 min
338
344
10:00
81.1%
5.3 min
206
209
11:00
81.6%
7.2 min
266
270
12:00
79.8%
12.0 min
630
651
13:00
73.9%
16.7 min
387
396
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
128
15:00
71.3%
25.7 min
310
316
16:00
67.1%
25.0 min
578
591
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
201
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
157
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
116
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
174
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
3
3
22:00
No observations
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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
18.69.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7013510
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
74.2%
18.3 min
565
586
Tuesday
79.1%
10.5 min
512
520
Wednesday
80.6%
13.5 min
516
524
Thursday
72.7%
18.6 min
575
582
Friday
73.9%
18.0 min
583
590
Saturday
77.8%
16.3 min
686
701
Sunday
72.0%
16.1 min
663
683
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
29.614.80.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
5292650
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
82.3%
16.9 min
265
284
Feb
77.4%
11.3 min
252
271
Mar
77.6%
15.6 min
410
418
Apr
79.2%
10.0 min
529
529
May
79.2%
10.5 min
486
489
Jun
72.8%
20.5 min
393
396
Jul
68.7%
29.6 min
370
392
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
185
188
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
195
Oct
74.4%
15.3 min
308
308
Nov
78.1%
17.4 min
329
335
Dec
71.2%
17.4 min
378
381
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 time74.1%3,100
Delayed >15 min23.9%1,000
Cancelled2.1%86
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.