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 delay06:00–07:00-4.4min · 369 recorded · 364 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour24.5min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights7,182BOS–CMH
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
20.17.9-4.4
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
1,1645820
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
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22
22
06:00
96.4%
-4.4 min
364
369
07:00
93.9%
-1.4 min
1,154
1,164
08:00
92.6%
-0.2 min
645
653
09:00
88.6%
-0.3 min
227
232
10:00
88.9%
2.5 min
478
480
11:00
88.3%
2.2 min
488
497
12:00
87.4%
2.0 min
348
352
13:00
79.6%
16.1 min
284
286
14:00
84.1%
6.4 min
572
579
15:00
75.8%
16.8 min
368
371
16:00
73.3%
16.5 min
277
282
17:00
74.0%
17.6 min
570
589
18:00
69.1%
20.1 min
366
378
19:00
68.3%
19.3 min
822
844
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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59
62
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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22
22
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
9.94.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1045520
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.4%
9.9 min
1,069
1,104
Tuesday
84.0%
5.5 min
1,059
1,086
Wednesday
85.0%
5.4 min
1,070
1,080
Thursday
83.0%
6.8 min
1,068
1,078
Friday
83.1%
8.7 min
1,092
1,099
Saturday
88.8%
6.0 min
686
688
Sunday
82.8%
9.2 min
1,022
1,047
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
14.97.40.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6943470
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
86.2%
5.0 min
624
654
Feb
83.5%
4.9 min
571
598
Mar
85.0%
7.1 min
671
678
Apr
85.0%
3.9 min
655
656
May
83.4%
8.4 min
679
682
Jun
85.0%
9.3 min
671
677
Jul
77.5%
14.9 min
675
694
Aug
87.0%
3.8 min
346
350
Sep
75.5%
13.2 min
355
360
Oct
80.5%
8.4 min
575
580
Nov
87.2%
3.3 min
633
635
Dec
85.1%
6.9 min
611
618
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 time82.2%5,905
Delayed >15 min16.2%1,161
Cancelled1.6%116
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.