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 delay09:00–10:003.5min · 506 recorded · 501 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour26.2min09:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights5,673BOS–JAX
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
29.614.80.0
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
7703850
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
No observations
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06:00
89.2%
9.5 min
562
570
07:00
90.4%
4.8 min
549
562
08:00
87.1%
5.9 min
435
441
09:00
88.2%
3.5 min
501
506
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
195
198
11:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
192
196
12:00
68.5%
25.3 min
508
518
13:00
77.4%
14.6 min
301
305
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
90
92
15:00
76.7%
13.0 min
451
461
16:00
60.6%
27.3 min
284
292
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
162
168
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
129
19:00
66.1%
21.7 min
750
770
20:00
61.8%
29.6 min
393
408
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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55
57
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
20.610.30.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
8554280
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
74.2%
20.6 min
825
855
Tuesday
80.5%
12.4 min
770
795
Wednesday
79.5%
9.4 min
777
790
Thursday
73.6%
17.5 min
823
831
Friday
75.7%
18.1 min
827
837
Saturday
81.1%
12.0 min
705
715
Sunday
75.2%
15.6 min
828
850
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
25.112.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
6033020
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
74.4%
22.9 min
379
397
Feb
78.1%
16.9 min
379
402
Mar
77.2%
14.5 min
571
576
Apr
83.0%
6.7 min
576
576
May
77.4%
11.2 min
597
603
Jun
80.8%
15.0 min
546
548
Jul
70.1%
25.1 min
556
592
Aug
79.9%
9.0 min
263
268
Sep
66.9%
22.7 min
245
250
Oct
73.2%
19.7 min
421
428
Nov
82.2%
9.2 min
471
473
Dec
75.9%
14.6 min
551
560
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 time75.4%4,277
Delayed >15 min22.5%1,278
Cancelled2.1%118
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.