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 delay06:00–07:00-3.5min · 681 recorded · 669 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.4min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights7,213BOS–IND
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
21.89.2-3.5
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
9564780
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
—
4
4
06:00
95.4%
-3.5 min
669
681
07:00
93.3%
-0.9 min
848
863
08:00
91.5%
-0.2 min
649
656
09:00
87.7%
4.1 min
219
221
10:00
86.4%
5.0 min
249
250
11:00
89.4%
0.8 min
462
466
12:00
82.3%
6.1 min
515
519
13:00
85.2%
5.1 min
535
546
14:00
80.6%
7.3 min
407
415
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
129
132
16:00
76.4%
13.5 min
292
295
17:00
69.1%
19.7 min
926
956
18:00
69.2%
21.8 min
681
711
19:00
73.3%
15.4 min
344
348
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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126
130
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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18
20
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
12.96.50.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
1,1105550
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
80.2%
9.1 min
1,065
1,110
Tuesday
85.6%
5.6 min
1,062
1,095
Wednesday
84.0%
5.5 min
1,075
1,087
Thursday
80.4%
9.1 min
1,088
1,102
Friday
82.6%
6.9 min
1,100
1,109
Saturday
87.1%
4.4 min
698
702
Sunday
79.6%
12.9 min
985
1,008
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
16.08.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
7213610
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
87.3%
6.0 min
628
659
Feb
84.9%
5.2 min
577
609
Mar
84.7%
4.0 min
668
678
Apr
83.1%
4.8 min
664
664
May
80.1%
9.1 min
678
680
Jun
81.3%
12.0 min
700
704
Jul
75.1%
16.0 min
691
721
Aug
84.9%
4.0 min
338
344
Sep
70.9%
14.9 min
313
320
Oct
80.5%
8.9 min
554
562
Nov
89.2%
1.8 min
646
650
Dec
85.1%
7.2 min
616
622
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 time81.0%5,842
Delayed >15 min17.1%1,231
Cancelled1.9%140
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.