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 delay05:00–06:00-2.5min · 643 recorded · 632 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour29.5min05:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights5,556BOS–IAD
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
27.012.2-2.5
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
7903950
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
96.8%
-2.5 min
632
643
06:00
No observations
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07:00
No observations
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08:00
92.0%
2.2 min
502
505
09:00
93.4%
0.8 min
778
790
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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26
27
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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3
3
12:00
85.6%
11.2 min
700
707
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
97
97
14:00
84.2%
15.1 min
645
656
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
112
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
35
35
17:00
70.7%
27.0 min
642
657
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
20
27
19:00
71.2%
22.6 min
636
647
20:00
No observations
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21:00
No observations
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22:00
77.9%
13.5 min
639
650
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
17.88.90.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8044020
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
83.0%
10.3 min
776
803
Tuesday
84.1%
11.0 min
766
782
Wednesday
85.3%
10.4 min
780
786
Thursday
78.5%
17.8 min
785
797
Friday
85.8%
9.4 min
800
804
Saturday
86.5%
7.8 min
776
785
Sunday
81.6%
13.0 min
776
799
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
29.414.70.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6003000
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
88.0%
5.5 min
449
471
Feb
89.7%
3.8 min
409
431
Mar
87.6%
7.0 min
484
489
Apr
88.1%
5.6 min
548
548
May
83.8%
8.6 min
556
558
Jun
79.9%
16.6 min
526
531
Jul
74.6%
29.4 min
571
600
Aug
81.3%
10.8 min
267
267
Sep
72.2%
18.8 min
281
285
Oct
83.5%
10.8 min
406
408
Nov
85.6%
9.0 min
472
476
Dec
84.7%
9.3 min
490
492
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 time82.1%4,559
Delayed >15 min16.2%900
Cancelled1.7%97
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.