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 delay06:00–07:00-3.6min · 269 recorded · 268 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour15.6min06:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights2,308BOS–PDX
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
12.04.2-3.6
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
5332670
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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—
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01:00
No observations
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—
—
02:00
No observations
—
—
—
03:00
No observations
—
—
—
04:00
No observations
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—
—
05:00
No observations
—
—
—
06:00
96.3%
-3.6 min
268
269
07:00
87.7%
4.7 min
529
533
08:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
47
47
09:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
73
75
10:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
126
126
11:00
No observations
—
—
—
12:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
19
19
13:00
No observations
—
—
—
14:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
114
115
15:00
No observations
—
—
—
16:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
116
120
17:00
77.5%
12.0 min
293
296
18:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
140
142
19:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
127
132
20:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
27
28
21:00
81.9%
6.4 min
293
294
22:00
No observations
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23:00
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
107
112
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
12.76.40.0
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
3641820
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
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Day of week
On-time departures
Average departure delay
With departure time
Recorded flights
Monday
81.6%
11.3 min
348
359
Tuesday
83.7%
11.5 min
294
295
Wednesday
84.8%
5.7 min
302
305
Thursday
80.6%
12.7 min
346
350
Friday
78.0%
9.8 min
359
364
Saturday
78.9%
10.5 min
289
292
Sunday
82.7%
8.4 min
341
343
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
26.913.50.0
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Recorded flightsPartial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
4122060
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
—
104
108
Feb
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
75
80
Mar
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
122
122
Apr
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
152
152
May
79.9%
6.6 min
279
280
Jun
81.9%
7.8 min
382
382
Jul
71.6%
26.9 min
398
412
Aug
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
175
175
Sep
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
99
99
Oct
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
181
184
Nov
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
148
148
Dec
Fewer than 200 measured departures
—
164
166
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 time80.4%1,855
Delayed >15 min18.4%424
Cancelled1.3%29
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.