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 delay09:00–10:001.0min · 441 recorded · 437 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.4min09:00 ↔ 19:00
Recorded flights2,605BOS–MKE
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
19.49.70.0
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
4412210
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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—
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04:00
No observations
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—
—
05:00
No observations
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—
—
06:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
21
21
07:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
170
178
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
22
22
09:00
91.1%
1.0 min
437
441
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
72
73
11:00
77.4%
9.1 min
399
403
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
57
58
13:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
112
114
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
164
15:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
52
52
16:00
68.8%
15.6 min
416
427
17:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
182
187
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
111
119
19:00
69.5%
19.4 min
236
244
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
95
101
21:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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1
1
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
14.87.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4022010
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
75.8%
14.8 min
385
402
Tuesday
80.6%
6.6 min
382
392
Wednesday
80.3%
5.9 min
390
396
Thursday
79.2%
8.6 min
389
397
Friday
77.7%
9.7 min
385
389
Saturday
84.9%
6.1 min
272
277
Sunday
79.1%
9.7 min
344
352
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
18.09.00.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3411710
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month of year
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Jan
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
117
124
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
104
112
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
196
199
Apr
88.2%
1.4 min
212
212
May
73.8%
12.4 min
339
341
Jun
82.6%
7.3 min
328
332
Jul
70.1%
18.0 min
328
338
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
172
174
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
154
156
Oct
75.2%
11.8 min
254
258
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
186
200
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
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157
159
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 time77.7%2,023
Delayed >15 min20.1%524
Cancelled2.2%58
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.